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Adding Fonts

How do I add fonts to OpenOffice.org 2 exclusively

There are two choices: Either for all users of OOo or only for one single user. If you intend to add the fonts...

for all users of OOo (but only within OOo, put the fonts into the directory

/opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/fonts/truetype/

only for one single user of OOo, put the fonts into the directory

~/.openoffice.org2/user/fonts/

Instead of moving around the fonts manually, you can as well use the Printer Administration tool "spadmin" to install the fonts. If you cannot find a "OpenOffice.org Printer Administration" launcher in your desktop's menu, you can lauch it manually by executing

/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/spadmin

How do I add fonts to one user's desktop exclusively

When using fontconfig (which is the case for virtually every modern/current distribution out there), it is sufficient to place the fonts in the directory

~/.fonts/

If it doesn't exist already, create it. After adding or removing fonts, you should regererate the font-cache of that directory by running

fc-cache ~/.fonts/

How do I add fonts system wide

Where can I find fonts for OpenOffice.org 2

Font Fallback

What is this Font Fallback in OpenOffice.org 2

How does Font Fallback work

Where is the VCL.xcu in OpenOffice.org 2

How does the VCL.xcu work

How can I configure OpenOffice.org 2 to perform a specific font substitution

My document using TNR looks different than on Windows

My document using TNR looks awful

How can I find out what font OpenOffice.org 2 really uses

Glyph Fallback

What is this sophisticated "Glyph Fallback"

My extended latin characters look different than the rest of my text

I see "square boxes" instead of regular characters

How can I find out if Glyph Fallback works in my OpenOffice.org 2

Freetype

What is freetype2

Is freetype2 supported in OpenOffice.org 2

What does freetype2 provide

Isn't Xorg rendering my fonts

What types of fonts are supported in OpenOffice.org 2

Are OTF fonts supported in OpenOffice.org 2

Are none-Unicode fonts supported in OpenOffice.org 2

AntiAliasing

What is AntiAliasing

Is AntiAliasing supported in OpenOffice.org 2

What are the minimum system requirements to make AntiAliasing work

Where can I configure AntiAliasing in OpenOffice.org 2

What are embedded bitmaps in fonts

How can I tweak OpenOffice.org 2 to ignore embedded bitmaps

Fontconfig

What is Fontconfig

Is Fontconfig supported in OpenOffice.org 2

What are the limitations in OpenOffice.org 2's Fontconfig support

What font is OpenOffice.org 2 using for the user interface

How can I change OpenOffice.org 2's user interface font

If I don't use Gnome 2.6, how can change the user interface font though

What is font aliasing

A few number of my fonts isn't antialiased, why

Which fonts on my desktop are provided by Fontconfig

Misc

Where are all the fonts installed on my system

How do I find out what fonts are installed on my system

What is a scalable font

What is a bitmap font

What is a proportional font

What is a fixed-width font

What are these long font names

Scrolling the font combo-box freezes OpenOffice.org 2

What can I do if scrolling the font combo-box crashes OpenOffice.org 2

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 == How do I add fonts to one user's desktop exclusively ==
+When using fontconfig (which is the case for virtually every modern/current distribution out there), it is sufficient to place the fonts in the directory
+ ~/.fonts/
+If it doesn't exist already, create it. After adding or removing fonts, you should regererate the font-cache of that directory by running
+ fc-cache ~/.fonts/
 == How do I add fonts system wide ==
 == Where can I find fonts for OpenOffice.org 2 ==

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