On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 10:48 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Tuesday 13 September 2005 08:26 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 08:13 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > > > I have a Linux system which does not contain Times New Roman. > > > I need this font for some work I am doing. When using the "Install > > > fonts from the web", I got to the download stage. But the file to > > > download was an *.exe. That is not the file extension I need for > > > Linux. Where can I go to get this font (preferably for free) for a > > > Linux O/S? > > > > The autopilot/wizard should install these automatically, so I am > > confused. Please explain how you are using Install fonts from the web > > because this procedure has always worked for me and is completely > > transparent. Perhaps all you need to do is get the list, select the > > fonts you want (I suggest all the free MS truetypes) et cetera until > > finally clicking finish. So please explain so we can help you. > > I'm confused also. It must be my thinking along Linux lines: files > ending with .exe are not executables in Linux. That is why I stopped > when FontOOo wanted to download some fonts as *.exe files. However, > after reading your reply, I let FontOOo run to completion. I did this > using OOo 1.1.4. The fonts are now also available for 1.9.125 without > any additional work. >
True as far as it goes but in this case, FontOOo executes a neat little utility from Kevin Hendricks called msfontextract that expands the msfont download into something useful. Please see http://oooconv.free.fr/fontooo/fontooo_en.html for more info. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
