franck routier wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with open office showing no font in its user interface > (menus, dialog boxes, ...) making it unusable. > > The installed version is openoffice.org 1.0.1-5 in unstable plus gnome2 > from experimental (yes I know all that is expected to blow up !) > > One hint, that might be related, when I launch an app from > gnome-terminal, I get this message : > > The font "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, > -*-arial-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, > -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15, > -*-arial-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15,*-r-*" does not > support all the required character sets for the current locale > "fr_FR@euro" > (Missing character set "ISO8859-15") > (Missing character set "ISO8859-15") > > But open-office is the only app that doesn't show any font. > > Did anyone experience a similar problem and has a hint ? > > Thanks, > > Franck routier > > > >
I can't help with character set problem, except to suggest you consider installing the xfonts-base-transcoded package. It has better support for the ISO8859-15 fonts than the standard "xfonts-base" package. I had a similar "problem" with a lack of usable fonts when I first started using OpenOffice.org. The program, as it stands, doesn't use any font-server you might have set up and doesn't seem to use the installed fonts in X very well. I found that you had to manually "add" the system fonts via the printer setup menu. If you start this menu as root and look along the bottom, you will see a button labled "fonts". Pressing this brings up another screen where you can add system fonts, but you have to give it the path. In my case I just put in the "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts" path and started adding the Type1 and TrueType fonts from their respective directories. (I have added the M$ Truetype fonts via the msttcorfont package). You might want to experiment around with adding some of the otheers listed there. Once I had added the fonts via this menu, I could use them in OO Writer both on the screen as well as in printing. Hope this helps! Cheers, -Don Spoon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
