Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 50528
Accepted font formats are not described in Help
Last modified: 2005-06-28 14:57:38 UTC
Help -> Contents -> Fonts -> Adding fonts under Unix -> Adding Fonts This guide doesn't say anything like the user should check if he has the right format. So I first assumed OpenOffice accepts and autodetects all existing font formats. However, when adding Gill Sans, I had .pfa and .pfb file. I didn't know how to add font with two files, therefore added both. Result: when switched to Gill, text vanished. Then I tried .pfa only and the vanishing was still there. Only after installing .pfb only, the text survived font change. I think the guide should include a step "check that your font file is one of the supported formats: .pfb, ..., ...,).
JA: If you use a pfa based font then an afm (Adobe Font Metric) file is necessary. Otherwise the font won't be accepted by spadmin. Even a pfb file should have an afm file to get the font metrics but AFAIK OOo 2.0 will generate font metrics by magic... JA->UFI: this issue can be closed as "worksforme" as type1 fonts always need a font metric file
The Add Fonts dialog adds the fonts correct for all complete sets of font files. As we try to keep instructions as short as possible, we do not want to add more information just for the very rare case that the dialog does not work.
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