Re: Gnumeric and TT Fonts

[Jody Goldberg <jgoldberg home com>]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 02:03:18PM -0400, John Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
> Although I've been able to view and use TT fonts in other gnome
> applications, I've had no sucess using these fonts in Gnumeric.
> Specifically, none of these fonts show up as being selectable. Given
> that the spreadsheets I recieve from others are in MS Excel format, it's
> important that I be able to work with these spreadsheets in their native
> font format (to preserve formating, spacing, etc..). Is there any way to
> enable Gnumeric to see these fonts in addition to the standard system
> fonts.

the font list in gnumeric is supplied by gnome-print.  Recent
patches for gnome-print to enable true type support should make
their way in shortly and make the ttf available in gnumeric.