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
