Helvetica and Times Not Properly Displayed in StarOffice

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.3

Symptom

The fonts Helvetica and Times are not properly displayed.

Solution

Edit the section "Files" of XF86Config (which, depending on the XFree86 version, can be found at /etc or at /etc/X11):


Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
[...]
EndSection

Delete or disable all :unscaled entries so that the section looks like this:


Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
[...]
EndSection

or this:


Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"#:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"#:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"#:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"#:unscaled"
[...]
EndSection

Finally restart the x server and test the performed changes.

Since these modifications can also affect other fonts, this solution must be considered a workaround rather than a definite solution. Installing TrueType fonts with fetchmsttfonts would be by far a more elegant solution.

Regarding the installation of Truetype fonts, please also refer to the articles:

http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_72.html

http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_71.html


Keywords: HELVETICA, TIMES, STAROFFICE52, 5.2, FONTS, TRUETYPEFONTS, TTF, SOFFICE, OFFICE

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