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angelo

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font exists but not available in soffice [SOLVED]

I have a LibreOffice spreadsheet. Some cells are showing in Arial font, but Arial is not on the font selection list.
When selecting such a cell it shows as Arial, and I can change to a different font, but cannot change back as it is not on the list; (the top font alphabetically is cantarell.)

Is there a way to make the font available for selection for other cells?

Last edited by angelo (2024-02-07 03:23:53)

mpan

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Re: font exists but not available in soffice [SOLVED]

The description fits a situation, where a document is using a typeface that is missing in the system. Do you have Arial installed? If not see installing Microsoft fonts section.

Last edited by mpan (2024-02-06 04:45:46)

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angelo

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Re: font exists but not available in soffice [SOLVED]

Right. I can install microsoft fonts which would include Arial; that should resolve this issue, though I am still confused on how the document can successfully use a font that is not available on the system. Maybe the font is embedded in the file?

Thanks, in any case.

Scimmia

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Re: font exists but not available in soffice [SOLVED]

More likely the font is being listed as Arial because that's what the file specifies, but it's being rendered with a font that's listed as being compatible with Arial