Fonts in xfontsel (but not in OOo)

hey people,
I tried to install some TTF fonts. They do show up in xfontsel, but not in OpenOffice. The thing is: these are three fonts that have been created on a mac. they had the extension .suit, but I changed it to TTF (the creator of the fonts told me they were in fact true type fonts), and I added them to the system. Now they show up in xfontsel, but not in OO.
Any ideas what to do?
gr
rogier

this is an old wiki, now your fonts are installed in /usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts
I don't know if it works, but the ":unscaled" option could be added right after the artwiz font path in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I really don't know if this is appropriate, just suggesting.. It could look less ugly.. I know it works for DPI 100 or 75..
Last edited by tandycorp (2007-07-01 03:16:23)

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