On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 14:24 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 30 November 2006 13:59, Wolfgang wrote: > > 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.. > > > It's all very puzzling, Wolf. I've done that, adding three fonts > > adgo.ttf (Amhurst SF) > aure.ttf (Stone Temple SF) and > chev.ttf (Morris SF) > > None of them show up in OpenOffice. ---- I'm somewhat interested in this thread. Not that this solves the problem in any fashion other than for a single user, but you can always add fonts as a user via 'spadmin' on FC-5, this is located at /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/program/spadmin Craig
