

Other apps (leafpad, Abiword) detect and properly display added Type 1 fonts.įWIW, this problem does not occur with LO under Win7. Type 1 fonts are not seen by LibreOffice. New TrueType fonts are recognized by LibreOffice and other system apps. These can be run later using the nInitScripts () Python method. skippyfile ¶ Do not execute python init scripts. Only LibreOffice (and OpenOffice, when I tried after writing this post) have this yes, I use Bodhi but also Xubuntu. you can create a fontforge script file and type its name to your shell and fontforge will be invoked to process that file as a script file (passing any arguments to it)). They are seen and usable from other applications including Leafpad and Abiword. I am reasonably certain the Type 1 fonts are installed correctly by the system. I am currently running Bodhi 2.4.0 but see the same behavior under Xubuntu 12.04.

Seems to be a bug first reported over a year ago. Yes, Bodhi user, currently running 2.4.0 with LO 4.1.3.2. When the files are generated, force a complete rescan your font folder with the command sudo fc-cache -f -v Sudo fontforge -nosplash -lang=ff -script CreateAfm *.pfb

#Fontforge script install#
install fontforge using apt-get, synaptic or your favorite method.Create afm files from your pfb files using fontforge. There’s a relatively simple workaround, at least for Ubuntu and variants. This requirement is verified by one of the LibreOffice developers in this LibreOffice Bugzilla bug comment. This is different to most other programs that are happy with only the. If you don’t have both, LibreOffice will not display the font in the font list. LibreOffice (at least 3.6 and 4.1) require the font’s. I have an answer, though not a happy-making one.
