OpenOffice 2.0 not recognizing Microsoft fonts?

[Anthony J Placilla]

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 18:18 +0200, Lars Jung wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the same problem...
> 
> Have copied the fonts to the folder /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF.win and added 
> this folder to the xfs config file. The folder was scanned and added to the 
> font-folder-list. It is also listed by "chkfontpath -l".
> But the fonts are not available in any program...
> fc-cache didn't changed the situation...
> 
> I had exactly the same problem when i installed FC3. After a while it finaly 
> worked, but I don't know why...
> 
> Any suggestions very welcome
> Thx, Lars
> 
> 
> Am Dienstag, 12. Juli 2005 17:51 schrieb Ian Pilcher:
> > Anthony Dean wrote:
> > > Does anyone know how to get OpenOffice 2.0 (the version included with
> > > Fedora Core 4) to recognize the Microsoft TrueType fonts I installed?
> > > When I check the font menus, all I see are the default/preinstalled
> > > Linux fonts. The MS fonts are installed under "/usr/share/fonts".
> >
> > Try (as root):
> >
> >    cd /usr/share/fonts
> >    fc-cache
> >
> > --
> > ========================================================================
> > Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher at comcast.net
> > ========================================================================
> 

Try this:

Under  OO
Printer Administration --> Fonts --> Add

browse to /usr/share/fonts/

select all

ok

then restart OO 



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