Re: Font paths


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
Probably this is not the answer to your question, but in fc5 I installed new fonts succesfully by creating an rpm. ( http://alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font.html#rpm)
Peter

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