From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 18 17:53:20 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D8F7E9F969 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:53:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51F1C66F94 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:53:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7262A60A67 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:53:13 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hYwFhm5ydThF for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:53:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B6AD5604F4 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:53:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:53:11 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:53:11 -0500 Subject: Font follies From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-5.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:53:20 -0000 I have encountered a really strange issue following the installation of a non-standard ttf font into /usr/local/share/fonts/TTF. Briefly, any text formatted to use the new font simply disappears from the OpenOffice Writer document it is used in; except when that text is bracketed by some other font. For example the following text is formatted with DejaVu Serif 12pot in a Writer document: A TEST of many things of fonts and scripts and ceiling wax and coleslaw and kings If I highlight 'of fonts and scripts and ceiling wax' and change the font to the font I am having the difficulty with then this is what I see: A TEST of many things and coleslaw and kings But the text is still there. Copying and pasting the text block as displayed above gives this in a simple text editor: A TEST of many things of fonts and scripts and ceiling wax and coleslaw and kings If instead, however, I change the font of just the word 'scripts' to the problem font then I see the word in the desired font, albeit is a much, much smaller point size than I expected. Does anyone here have any idea of what is going on and how to correct it? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3