Font paths

[Anne Wilson]

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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