Re: [libreoffice-users] Which Font Is Substituted?

Thanks John.

I created that directory and the result is a bit peculiar.  When I
copied over the Century Schoolbook directory it has fonts like
"Century PS Pro" in it and these now appear on the available fonts
list. So I tried that one and it appears to be identical to the
existing text so I think I'll use that.  The size is correct and for
me, the character outlines look the same, or close enough that it
won't be a problem.

That said, I still don't know why the font shows in italics as "Times
New Roman", a font that I do not have installed at all anywhere that I
can find, when I initially load the document.

One of life's little mysteries I guess!

Regards and thanks.

John
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On Sat, 2020-10-10 at 14:59 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> You can also places fonts in /home/<username>/.fonts. They will be
> available only for that user, but it's easier because there's just
> one
> folder so you don't have to sweat whether you put it in the right
> place.
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:07:18 -0700
> Girvin Herr <gherrl@fastmail.com> dijo:
>
> > I am using Slackware Linux 14.2 (k4.4.227).
> >
> > Do you have any font substitutions in LO's Options > LibreOffice >
> > Fonts
> > > Replacement table?
> >
> > Note that "/usr/share/fonts/century-schoolbook/" is not a standard
> > Xorg font directory. Xorg probably does not have this directory in
> > its
> > list of font directories to search. That may be why LO cannot find
> > it.
> > I found it in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" as ncen*.pcf.gz. It is
> > listed
> > in the fonts.dir plain text file in that directory. If the font
> > path
> > is not in the X font directory search list, then X cannot supply
> > it to
> > LO. I suggest to place it in the correct directory or add the
> > century-schoolbook directory to X's font directory list. To do
> > that,
> > if you have an xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf YMMV), look for
> > the
> > "FontPath" entries and add your path to it.
> >
> > Another option is to run the font database manager, but I use that
> > so
> > little, I have forgotten how to do it.
> >
> > I just checked and discovered my LibreOffice 6.2.8.2 does not have
> > Century Schoolbook listed either. However, my Apache OpenOffice
> > 4.1.6
> > does have a "Century Schoolbook L" font listed. This implies that
> > even
> > if the font is in the correct directory, as in my case, LO is
> > omitting
> > it for some reason. Are you sure there is no entry in your font
> > replacement table?
> > So, another option might be to install AOO and see if that works
> > better for you.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > Girvin Herr
> >
> >
> > On 10/10/20 12:34 PM, John wrote:
> > > I have a several chapters of a book that were originally
> > > composed
> > > using an earlier version of LibreOffice using what I believe was
> > > the
> > > "Century Schoolbook" font.  Now when I call them in for editing,
> > > the
> > > font is shown in italics as "Times New Roman" with the note "The
> > > current font is not available and will be substituted".
> > >
> > > This is giving me a serious problem since the book contains many
> > > drawings and framed images and these get re-flowed due to the
> > > difference in the absolute height of the font being substituted.
> > > In
> > > some cases the drawings are pages away from their correct
> > > location
> > > and have to be towed back, which is time consuming and creates
> > > some
> > > other problems too.
> > >
> > > I checked and the Century Schoolbook font is installed where
> > > expected; in the /usr/share/fonts/century-schoolbook/ directory.
> > >
> > > I have not been able to figure out which font is being used for
> > > the
> > > substitution, nor why the correct font cannot be found.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help?
> > >
> > > Details:
> > >   Linux Fedora 32 - workstation
> > >   LO 6.1.3.2
> > >
> > > I am on a back level of Libre Office because we have hundreds of
> > > line
> > > drawings in use in the .eps format that is no longer supported
> > > by LO
> > > on newer releases.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > John
> >
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