by Gand — last modified 2007-06-26 03:10 PM
How to add .ttf (TrueType), .dfont and .ffil fonts to OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta
New build of OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta come with few fonts.
Adding Truetype fonts
Additional truetype fonts can be added in the folder /Applications/openoffice.org1.9.128/share/fonts/truetype/
You can add all your TrueType fonts symlinking ones in the /Library/Fonts/ folder.
Remember that you can add folder path in terminal just dragging the folder you are interested in.
Open terminal and type:
sudo ln -s /Library/Fonts/*.ttf /Applications/openoffice.org1.9.128/share/fonts/truetype/
Enter password at prompt and then launch OpenOffice.
Use *.ttf for all fonts or fontyouneed.ttf for only one font.
Adding .dfont
As .dfont are not used by OOo, we need to convert .dfont to Truetype an than add to OOo truetype folder.
This converson can be done using fondu, a set of programs to
interconvert between mac font formats and pfb, ttf, otf and bdf files on
unix.
Download and install the MacOS/X package. This package will add some binaries to /usr/local/bin/ folder.
Before using fondu you may need to add /usr/local/bin into your
PATH environment variable, and /usr/local/man into your MANPATH
environment variable with this commands in terminal:
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' » ~/.bash_profile
and
echo 'expor MANPATH=/usr/local/man' » ~/.bash_profile
Now we can convert all OS/X fonts (.dfonts) to TrueType fonts (.ttf) and put them in a custom folder (my_ttf_fonts)Type in terminal:
mkdir my_ttf_fonts
cd my_ttf_fonts
fondu /Library/Fonts/*.dfont
Now *.dfont are in my_ttf_fonts folder as .ttf fonts. Use *.dfont for all fonts or fontyouneed.dfon for only one font.
As above create a symlink to OOo fonts folder, type in terminal (dragging folder to edit path):
sudo ln -s /completepathtomy_tff_font_foder/*.ttf /Applications/openoffice.org1.9.128/share/fonts/truetype/
Add .ffil fonts
Some fonts are in .ffil format (are ones without extension), you can convert .ffil to .dfont using donateware dfontifier and then convert .dfont to .ttf using fondu as above.
Just drag font icon on dfontifier window.
Now enjoy new fonts in OpenOffice.org
