[SLL] Courier 10 Pitch for openoffice 2? font/type detection tools?

[Jorge Restrepo]

Jeremy,

I had a funny font problem with OO a while back.  It boiled down to a
corrupted font file.  Why don't you get the courier TTF from another
computer and copy it to your font directory.

Worth trying.

(Are you now becoming a Texan?  We miss you around the NW)

Jorge Restrepo




On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Jeremy C. Reed <reed at reedmedia.net> wrote:

> I need to have my openoffice 2 work with Courier 10 Pitch.
>
> The document also uses Courier New and that works fine.
>
> (I can't upgrade to openoffice 3 as the document formatting is broken with
> that and we can't reformat the 500+ slides before upcoming lectures. So
> need to stay with openoffice 2 for now.)
>
> My system has a Courier 10 Pitch:
>
> $ fc-list : family file | grep -i courier | grep -i pitch
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/c0583bt_.pfb: Courier 10 Pitch
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/c0582bt_.pfb: Courier 10 Pitch
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/c0611bt_.pfb: Courier 10 Pitch
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/c0419bt_.pfb: Courier 10 Pitch
>
> (But fc-list doesn't show any Courier New which is interesting since that
> one does work for me.)
>
> openoffice 2 doesn't use fontconfig (as far as I understand).
>
> I see openoffice 2 is bundled with many fonts / types including
> LiberationMono-Regular.ttf which I believe provides my "Courier New".
>
> What tools can I use to look at a TTF, afm, or other files to see what
> they provide?
>
> How can I get Courier 10 Pitch to be recognized with openoffice 2?
>
> My searches didn't help much ...
>
> Thanks
>
>  Jeremy C. Reed
>



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