Re: Font paths

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On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 13:48 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 30 November 2006 13:11, François Patte wrote:
> > Anne Wilson a écrit :
> > > Following the instructions in
> > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Font-FAQ I am trying to add
> > > fonts to be globally available.  I have created a folder and put my new
> > > fonts there. It then says I should create a text file
> > > called /usr/share/X11/fonts/local.conf, with the new folder added in the
> > > format
> > >
> > > <dir> /usr/share/X11/fonts/NewFonts </dir>
> > >
> > > However, when I run 'fc-cache /usr/share/X11/fonts/NewFonts' I get the
> > > error
> > >
> > > Fontconfig error: "local.conf", line 2: junk after document element
> >
> > I don't understand why they describe such a complicated method! I just
> > add directories in:
> > /usr/share/fonts/default/
> >
> > then went into these directories and perform successively:
> >
> > ttmkfdir (if fonts are true type)
> > mkfontdir
> > fc-cache
> >
> > then run chkfontpath --add $PWD
> >
> > And that's all.
> >
> I tried this method, Francois, and the new fonts were available to kword.  
> However, they are not available to openoffice.  I don't know why it should be 
> so, but perhaps that's why they advocate their particular method.
> 
> Anne
> -- 

If your using the KDE desktop, you can add the fonts using the control
centre (Center) in admin mode, and then they will be available globally
in any application. That's what I use..

Wolf



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