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| - | Unlike OpenOffice, which needs converted Mac fonts, NeoOffice/J will immediately allow you to use the fonts that are present on your Mac. This means the fonts that are generally located in the | + | Unlike [[OpenOffice.org_Mac_OS_X_(X11)|OpenOffice.org/X11]], which needs converted Mac fonts, NeoOffice/J will immediately allow you to use the fonts that are present on your Mac. This means the fonts that are generally located in the <tt>/System/Library/Fonts</tt> folder, as well as: |
| - | * / | + | * <tt>/Library/Fonts</tt> (available to all users) |
| - | * ~/ | + | * <tt>~/Library/Fonts</tt> (fonts available to the current user) |
| + | * <tt>/System Folder/Fonts</tt> (fonts from Mac OS 9, as long as they are either Roman-only or Unicode) | ||
| + | * <tt>/Network/Library/Fonts</tt> (fonts available to all users on the network) | ||
| - | For some (mostly non- | + | For some (mostly non-Roman or -German) languages, there are very few fonts that look acceptable and include all of the required glyphs. |
| + | :''Most notably, the versions of Microsoft's standard fonts (Times New Roman, Arial, etc.) installed with Mac OS X include very few, if any, glyphs beyond the Western European ("Basic Latin" in Unicode terms) block. If you have previously installed Office 2004, you will have access to Microsoft's updated fonts, provided you have no other versions of those fonts present.'' | ||
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| + | Installing new fonts on your Mac is as simple as moving them to the (<tt>~</tt>)<tt>/Library/Fonts</tt> folder, or installing them with the Font Book application. Most Unicode .ttf and .otf fonts available on the internet will work without problem on your Mac and in NeoOffice/J, although scripts which need complex layout analysis (e.g. Arabic, Indic) require fonts to have special [http://developer.apple.com/fonts/TTRefMan/RM06/Chap6AATIntro.html AAT] instructions not usually found in "generic" fonts. | ||
| == Some sources for alternative fonts == | == Some sources for alternative fonts == | ||
| - | *[http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freefont/ | + | *[http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freefont/ GNU "Free" font families] |
| - | * | + | *[http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/tituut.asp TITUS CyberBit] |
| + | *[http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium&_sc=1 SIL Gentium] | ||
| + | *[http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts_macosx.html Alan Wood's list of Unicode fonts for Mac OS X] (includes glyph counts of Microsoft's Office 2004 fonts rather than the older versions shipped with Mac OS X) | ||
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Unlike OpenOffice.org/X11, which needs converted Mac fonts, NeoOffice/J will immediately allow you to use the fonts that are present on your Mac. This means the fonts that are generally located in the /System/Library/Fonts folder, as well as:
- /Library/Fonts (available to all users)
- ~/Library/Fonts (fonts available to the current user)
- /System Folder/Fonts (fonts from Mac OS 9, as long as they are either Roman-only or Unicode)
- /Network/Library/Fonts (fonts available to all users on the network)
For some (mostly non-Roman or -German) languages, there are very few fonts that look acceptable and include all of the required glyphs.
- Most notably, the versions of Microsoft's standard fonts (Times New Roman, Arial, etc.) installed with Mac OS X include very few, if any, glyphs beyond the Western European ("Basic Latin" in Unicode terms) block. If you have previously installed Office 2004, you will have access to Microsoft's updated fonts, provided you have no other versions of those fonts present.
Installing new fonts on your Mac is as simple as moving them to the (~)/Library/Fonts folder, or installing them with the Font Book application. Most Unicode .ttf and .otf fonts available on the internet will work without problem on your Mac and in NeoOffice/J, although scripts which need complex layout analysis (e.g. Arabic, Indic) require fonts to have special AAT instructions not usually found in "generic" fonts.
Some sources for alternative fonts
- GNU "Free" font families
- TITUS CyberBit
- SIL Gentium
- Alan Wood's list of Unicode fonts for Mac OS X (includes glyph counts of Microsoft's Office 2004 fonts rather than the older versions shipped with Mac OS X)
