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
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