add ttf fonts to LibreOffice

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#1

My question is really basic, but I couldn't find anything about it, sorry.
So here goes.

Adding fonts to the windows version of LE is simple, just add them to the
"c:/windows/fonts" folder (or install via control panel), and you can use
them in LE just as in any other applications.
But in Linux (I'm using Linux Mint 11 x64) I can't figure out how to get it
done.

*what I have tried:*
1) copied the fonts to "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows-fonts", updated
the font cache doing sudo fc-cache -fv, they show up using fc-list, but they
didn't show up in LibreOffice.
2) opened the font in font viewer and clicked install, same as above.

I'd prefer a solution that can be automated (I'm about to install hundreds
of fonts), but everything is appreciated.

Thank you!

#2

Add them to /home/<user>/.fonts

Note the dot on .../.fonts, so its a hidden file. You see it on your home folder by pressing ctrl+H

Enjoy

#3

Hi

My question is really basic, but I couldn't find anything about it, sorry.
So here goes.

Adding fonts to the windows version of LE is simple, just add them to the
"c:/windows/fonts" folder (or install via control panel), and you can use
them in LE just as in any other applications.
But in Linux (I'm using Linux Mint 11 x64) I can't figure out how to get it
done.

*what I have tried:*
1) copied the fonts to "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows-fonts", updated
the font cache doing sudo fc-cache -fv, they show up using fc-list, but they
didn't show up in LibreOffice.
2) opened the font in font viewer and clicked install, same as above.

I'd prefer a solution that can be automated (I'm about to install hundreds
of fonts), but everything is appreciated.

Thank you!

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You can use Synaptic, it may be called Package Manager, to select the
fonts from the Ubuntu/Debian/Repositories to be installed. They be
installed so the system will see them. The other reference you can check
is the Ubuntu help and OpenOffice help. OOo is our older sibling and
they have extensive documentation.

#4

Sounds like the official Firefox shortening, Fx (while many people use
Ff).

I've been using LibO, but, BTW, do we have some official shortening?

#5

The KDE desktop has a nice application built in to add fonts.

The Gnome desktop is from a time when programmers lived in caves and ate
their young. You have to know the super secret directories to copy
into, then the 3 name never spoken script files to edit.

There is a Gnome font adding application, but most distros don't include
it.

#6

Eh? Just copy into the Fonts folder - just like you do in Windows. No need to edit anything...

#7

i dont know about other distros or desktop manager but in ubuntu 10.04
(Gnome classic),i could install fonts by double clicking it.

#8

Or you can just copy the font file to /usr/share/fonts/

#9

What I did was make sure I had some font viewer installed. IF you right click on the font, you should see something like "Open with Font Viewer" That should open a dialog box with the font in it. At the bottom right side of the box there should be an "Install Font" button". Click on that and you have just "properly" installed it.

For me, I always wan to see the font before I install it.

I currently have over 400 .ttf fonts installed. Most of these fonts I rarely use, while other will be removed since they did not pass my "testing" them for use on projects. Most are specialty fonts for specific use [handwriting, ding-bats, stylized, etc.].

Most of the fonts were installed this way, while some were installed using the package manager.

As for automated install of 100's of fonts, then yes try copying the fonts into the hidden ".font" folder in the "user" folder.
[i.e. "timothy/.font" for my Ubuntu system]

Are you transferring your fonts from an existing Windows computer's list? I have done that myself.

Still, it would be a good chance to review [now] what fonts you really want/need to use from that list of 100's of fonts. I have a font storage folder with over 100,000 sorted fonts in group sub-folders, so I know a little about this subject.

Remember, the more fonts you have in the .font folder, the larger the list and the longer it takes to scroll down it do choose the font you want/need to use within LibreOffice.

#10

Which font app are you talking about? I use GNOME on Ubuntu and I had several to choose from. It even had a default font viewer app included.

Besides, I do not live in a cave, but on the 10 floor of a building that houses the elderly and the physically handicapped. No jokes about that please, since I am an advocate for the rights of handicapped/disabled people.

Myself, I choose GNOME over KDE. There are some nice things about KDE, but I rather use GNOME and add some of the KDE utilities to it to give me the best of both worlds.

#11

Adding fonts to the windows version of LE is simple [...]

Errr is LE being used to refer to LibreOffice?  Is it used in the French lists
or something?

Sounds like the official Firefox shortening, Fx (while many people use
Ff).

I've been using LibO, but, BTW, do we have some official shortening?

We are using computers, aren't we? So why shorten anything? I use a
text expansion tool called AutoKey (there are other ones for other
operating systems) to expand all my shortenings as I type, like ”oooo”
for ”OpenOffice.org”, ”lboo” for ”LibreOffice”, ”lboc” for
”LibreOffice Calc” and ”kregj” for:

”Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ”

#12

Hi :slight_smile:
Smart. I guess most of us just hadn't thought of it.

I think short-forms are quite cute and friendly but the marketing team asked us
not to use them outside the lists to the wider world (personal emails and
smaller groups can do what they want of course). We need to get the full name
out there apparently. Normally a name change such as from OpenOffice to
LibreOffice would be phased in using both names in conjunction with each other
for about a year or more apparently otherwise there is a risk of losing and
confusing people and losing the "Brand recognition".

Early on the lists agreed to use LibO as the agreed shortening but to me that
makes it sound like the thousands of library files i routinely ignore so a few
of us started using LO as in "Lo and behold" (oops). Fx is the term used
backstage rather than writing "Special Effects". Lx is for "electrics" or
"electronics" although people tend to pronounce it "elec-trickery" or "Leccy" to
try to be amusing or cute or express annoyance.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#13

Thanks for all who answered, creating the .fonts directory under
/home/<username>/ and rerunning fc-cache was the solution that worked.

Thanks for all of you!