Re: [libreoffice-users] font gone AWOL

On 29/09/2023 09:43, Mike Scott wrote:
> Hi all. I'm sure I've missed something obvious here, but LO doesn't pick 
> up a font that looks as though it's known to the system.
>
> This is on linux Mint 21, LO 7.3.7.2 from the repo.
>
> The font file is my own creation and of somewhat venerable antiquity (25 
> years! how time flies!!). The file is MIKE_H.TTF, and lives in ~/.fonts; 
> the font name is "MikesHandwriting".
>
> The system's font management software tells me it's installed (code 
> points U+0021 to U+00BE with gaps, then some outliers); the system text 
> editor can see it. Yet LO writer does not show it.

Turns out LO has got a wrong font name from somewhere. The font is 
simply called 'New' in the LO drop-down menu.

OTOH, Character Map shows the font OK, and shows the correct name, as 
does Font Viewer.

Hmmm.


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Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England


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