Font paths

[Anne Wilson]

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.

Anne
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