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Help adding custom fonts to OpenOffice 3.2

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Host OS: Windows 7
Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS (VBox 4.0.10 r72479) VM
OpenOffice 3.2

Hi, I seem to be unsuccessful installing custom fonts. I use the normal installation and created /usr/share/fonts/truetype/hebrew-fonts and put my .ttf there, ran sudo fc-cache -f with no success.

Then had no success following the OpenOffice help doc's on how to add fonts, installing a font using the font viewer, I just double clicked it again just to see if it installed, but it gave me the [Install Font] button again, BUT, the only success I did have is when I installed a font from the Software Center.

So, I reboot to see if this would do the job, but no. :( I did install "Ubuntu Restricted Extra", but my goal is to install some custom Hebrew fonts to work in OpenOffice.

HELP! :)

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said : 		#1

Hi

Go to the Ubuntu Software Centre and search for 'Hebrew fonts'. This will give you several Hebrew font packages. Clicking on the package, then on 'More Info' will tell you what the contain. Are these fonts what you want or do you have to use your own ttf?

Tony

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VcDeveloper (developer-gardenofedenblessing) said : 		#2

I install those but I don't see any of them available in Office Writer. I see them installed in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ folder, but the only Hebrew is has is (Yiddish, Ivrit and Ladino). The ones I need is (modern, ancient, Isaiah, moabite, palaoe and semetic) which are the ones I have that are custom.

Is there a tool on the internet that I can use to convert them to OpenType?

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said : 		#3

Normally, all you have to do with a .ttf file is to double click on it in the Nautilus file explorer window. What happens when you do that?

You also may have to reboot.

Tony

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VcDeveloper (developer-gardenofedenblessing) said : 		#4

I found the problem! I had another hebrew font that I used a online tool to create a webfontkit while back ago, I installed it to test and it worked. So I did the same for my new custom fonts and it worked also.

The url is fontsquirrell.com/fontface/generator

it's been a while since I returned back to Ubuntu, so it took me a bit to shake the cob webs out! So I'm good to go na! :)

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