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Anonymouse · Yesterday, 23:49

It used to use my fonts quite happily. Then I changed something, I forget what or why, and things went so badly wrong I had to uninstall and reinstall AndrOpenOffice. I did, and now it won't use custom fonts, only the ones on the drop-down menu. LibreOffice on Windows or Linux on my laptop has no such problem.

I looked up a solution; there was mention of a Configuration screen to specify a font path. What Configuration screen? No spanner icon appears on my menu bar.

The version number (so Help says) is 5.5.8. ATM the fonts are in

/storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.andropenoffice/files/4/user/fonts

- as they were when it was behaving.

What am I missing, if anything? What have I done that I shouldn't/not done that I should have?

Stop the press, I've just discovered what the cause of the crash was, viz. Gallery - I specified 'not now', and now it briefly flashes up my document before crashing! I have to reinstall it AGAIN! To all AndrOpenOffice users: DO NOT, EVER, TRY TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE GALLERY!

- Whew, it's working again, at least - but it still doesn't use the custom fonts. Nor can I figure out how to tell it where they are, assuming (as is likely) it can't find them.

This is maddening! I use AndrOpenOffice because it seems to be the only app which doesn't need a non-local account, doesn't require a subscription beyond a one-off payment to stop ads (I think I remember paying that), doesn't have a weird interface as the others I've tried do, and which did, until I messed up, display fonts correctly!

Yesterday, 23:49	#1
Anonymouse RIP Tigger - 13 years?! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bolton Age: 60 Services: BT Superfast Broadband Posts: 1,651	Using fonts in AndrOpenOffice It used to use my fonts quite happily. Then I changed something, I forget what or why, and things went so badly wrong I had to uninstall and reinstall AndrOpenOffice. I did, and now it won't use custom fonts, only the ones on the drop-down menu. LibreOffice on Windows or Linux on my laptop has no such problem. I looked up a solution; there was mention of a Configuration screen to specify a font path. What Configuration screen? No spanner icon appears on my menu bar. The version number (so Help says) is 5.5.8. ATM the fonts are in /storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.andropenoffice/files/4/user/fonts - as they were when it was behaving. What am I missing, if anything? What have I done that I shouldn't/not done that I should have? Stop the press, I've just discovered what the cause of the crash was, viz. Gallery - I specified 'not now', and now it briefly flashes up my document before crashing! I have to reinstall it AGAIN! To all AndrOpenOffice users: DO NOT, *EVER,* TRY TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE GALLERY! - Whew, it's working again, at least - but it still doesn't use the custom fonts. Nor can I figure out how to tell it where they are, assuming (as is likely) it can't find them. This is maddening! I use AndrOpenOffice because it seems to be the only app which doesn't need a non-local account, doesn't require a subscription beyond a one-off payment to stop ads (I think I remember paying that), doesn't have a weird interface as the others I've tried do, and which did, until I messed up, display fonts correctly! __________________ "People tend to confuse the words 'new' and 'improved'." - Agent Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. WINDOWS 11, ANYONE?! Last edited by Anonymouse; Today at 00:58.