Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-17 Thread Andy Pepperdine
A quick Google finds this: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=29103&highlight=opentype+font indicating that OpenType fonts are wrappers either for Truetype or PS fonts, and that OOo supports only the former. On Sunday 16 April 2006 22:50, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 20

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-17 Thread John Jordan
On 17 Apr 2006, at 12:07, Ross Johnson wrote: > True. I downloaded an otf file and spadmin doesn't see it. However, I > tried the blunt approach and renamed the font file to .ttf (because the > OTF format is supposed to be based on the TTF format), just so spadmin > can see it, and OOo appears to

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread Ross Johnson
On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 14:50 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:38:57 +0200 > Guido Pinkernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > > Are you using cups? See [1]. Anyway, setting up printer with spadmin > > > > is something different than installing fonts with spadmin. To get p

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 14:50 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:38:57 +0200 > Guido Pinkernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > > Are you using cups? See [1]. Anyway, setting up printer with spadmin > > > > is something different than installing fonts with spadmin. To get pa

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:38:57 +0200 Guido Pinkernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > Are you using cups? See [1]. Anyway, setting up printer with spadmin > > > is something different than installing fonts with spadmin. To get past > > > the problem with "Generic Printer" (which is not necessary fo

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Sonntag, 16. April 2006 15:45 schrieb Ross Johnson: > On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 12:35 +0200, Guido Pinkernell wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 16. April 2006 04:07 schrieb John Jason Jordan: > > > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:03:56 +1000 > > > > > > Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > As suggested earlie

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread Ross Johnson
On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 19:07 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:03:56 +1000 > Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > As suggested earlier in this thread, use the OOo spadmin app. Maybe you > > missed it. (Run it as the 'root' user to install fonts to be available > > to

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread Ross Johnson
On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 12:35 +0200, Guido Pinkernell wrote: > Am Sonntag, 16. April 2006 04:07 schrieb John Jason Jordan: > > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:03:56 +1000 > > > > Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > As suggested earlier in this thread, use the OOo spadmin app. Maybe > > > you missed i

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Sonntag, 16. April 2006 04:07 schrieb John Jason Jordan: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:03:56 +1000 > > Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > As suggested earlier in this thread, use the OOo spadmin app. Maybe > > you missed it. (Run it as the 'root' user to install fonts to be > > available to a

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:03:56 +1000 Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > As suggested earlier in this thread, use the OOo spadmin app. Maybe you > missed it. (Run it as the 'root' user to install fonts to be available > to all users on the machine). Spadmin will not do the job. First, it sees

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-15 Thread Ross Johnson
On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 12:35 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:38:37 -0500 > Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > 1.9.129 is a Beta version of 2.0.0. It had some bugs that have been > > corrected. You would be better off getting the latest stable version > > (2.

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:38:37 -0500 Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > 1.9.129 is a Beta version of 2.0.0. It had some bugs that have been > corrected. You would be better off getting the latest stable version > (2.0.2). It will have "Install Fonts from the Web" just below > "Install N

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday April 15 2006 12:27 pm, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:47:24 +1000 > > Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 08:35 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > I have OO.o 1.93.129 on Ubuntu-64 Breezy. Where is the Font > > > Install Wizard? Or is

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:47:24 +1000 Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 08:35 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I have OO.o 1.93.129 on Ubuntu-64 Breezy. Where is the Font > > Install Wizard? Or is this something that is available only on > > other platforms? > On OO

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-15 Thread Ross Johnson
On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 08:35 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:02:10 -0400 > Matt Needles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > Well, finally I have a definitive answer. Now I know that the OOo Font > > install wizard only installs fonts for OOo's use, not system-wide use. > >

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:02:10 -0400 Matt Needles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > Well, finally I have a definitive answer. Now I know that the OOo Font > install wizard only installs fonts for OOo's use, not system-wide use. I have OO.o 1.93.129 on Ubuntu-64 Breezy. Where is the Font Install Wizar

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-14 Thread Ross Johnson
On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 22:53 -0700, John Jordan wrote: > On 13 Apr 2006, at 21:06, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > If I do this, will these installed fonts also be usable in other > > > applications, or just in OOo? > > > As this is the OOo users list, I answered for OOo. If you want fonts >

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 16:02 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > Well, finally I have a definitive answer. Now I know that the OOo Font > install wizard only installs fonts for OOo's use, not system-wide use. > That's not what one would expect. Fonts are a system resource. Suppose > OOo installs som

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-14 Thread Matt Needles
Well, finally I have a definitive answer. Now I know that the OOo Font install wizard only installs fonts for OOo's use, not system-wide use. That's not what one would expect. Fonts are a system resource. Suppose OOo installs some font and the user generates a PDF from an OOo document using

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 22:53 -0700, John Jordan wrote: > On 13 Apr 2006, at 21:06, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > If I do this, will these installed fonts also be usable in other > > > applications, or just in OOo? > > > As this is the OOo users list, I answered for OOo. If you want fonts >

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 23:04 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 17:34 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > > > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:36 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-13 Thread John Jordan
On 13 Apr 2006, at 21:06, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > If I do this, will these installed fonts also be usable in other > > applications, or just in OOo? > As this is the OOo users list, I answered for OOo. If you want fonts > under your OS, I suggest that you ask on the users list for your

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-13 Thread Matt Needles
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 17:34 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:36 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:45 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: Andy Pepperdine wrote:

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 17:34 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:36 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > > > > > >>On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:45 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Andy Pepperdine wrote: > >>> > >>> > AIUI OOo shows on

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-13 Thread Matt Needles
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:36 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:45 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: Andy Pepperdine wrote: AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and printing. The X11 font directories define th

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:36 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:45 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > > Andy Pepperdine wrote: > > > AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and > > > printing. The X11 font directories define those for display, the printing

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-12 Thread Matt Needles
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:45 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Andy Pepperdine wrote: > > AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and > > printing. The X11 font directories define those for display, the printing > > fonts are elsewhere. I had a similar problem a couple of ye

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-10 Thread Robin Laing
John Jordan wrote: On 10 Apr 2006, at 11:45, Nicu Buculei wrote: Andy Pepperdine wrote: AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and printing. The X11 font directories define those for display, the printing fonts are elsewhere. I had a similar problem a couple of y

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-10 Thread John Jordan
On 10 Apr 2006, at 11:45, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Andy Pepperdine wrote: > > AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and > > printing. The X11 font directories define those for display, the printing > > fonts are elsewhere. I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. B

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-10 Thread Nicu Buculei
Andy Pepperdine wrote: AIUI OOo shows only those fonts that are available for both display and printing. The X11 font directories define those for display, the printing fonts are elsewhere. I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. But an update to the system (Suse) seemed to automatically

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-10 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Saturday 08 April 2006 01:32, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:09:23 -0400 > Matt Needles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > I also have OO.o on Linux (Ubuntu Breezy), and I can get OO.o to see > TrueType fonts, but not OpenType fonts. I have a bunch of Adobe Pro fonts. > All ar

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-07 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:09:23 -0400 Matt Needles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: I also have OO.o on Linux (Ubuntu Breezy), and I can get OO.o to see TrueType fonts, but not OpenType fonts. I have a bunch of Adobe Pro fonts. All are in /usr/share/fonts/type1/opentype, and I have used the mkfontdir co

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-07 Thread Matt Needles
Sorry to break this thread, but am subscribing to the list in lieu of using gmane. (don't know how to set up gmane on evolution :( Thanks, Robin, Your suggestion might help a little, but the problem is that I have around 400 TrueType fonts, not just the MS Core fonts. I need all of them. As to

Re: [users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-07 Thread Robin Laing
Matt Needles wrote: I've been having this problem since I began using Fedora Core 3 over a year ago. If I install the Fedora package of OOo, it will not work with my installed TrueType fonts. They appear in the font selector, but show up there and in the documents as generic sans-serif or ser

[users] Linux (Gnome) and Fonts with OOo 2.0.2

2006-04-06 Thread Matt Needles
I've been having this problem since I began using Fedora Core 3 over a year ago. If I install the Fedora package of OOo, it will not work with my installed TrueType fonts. They appear in the font selector, but show up there and in the documents as generic sans-serif or serif fonts. Only the f