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<H2>UnixFAQ: Fonts in AbiWord 2.0</H2>

AbiWord 2.0 and 1.99.x (betas and release candidates) on Unix actually knows nothing about locating, loading, and using fonts. It leaves all of this up to FontConfig.

The FontConfig configuration file is at /etc/fonts/fonts.conf - for instance, you might find that it mentions the directory /usr/share/fonts, which is a good place to put extra fonts, such as Unicode TrueType fonts. Apparently /usr/share/fonts may not be a symlink to a remotely mounted filesystem.

AbiWord 2.0 does not currently load OTF fonts as it cannot print them - see http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/2003/Sep/0138.html

Contributors

• Main.StephenViles - 15 Aug 2003
• Raphael Finkel - 19 Aug 2003
• Main.StephenViles - 16 Sep 2003