Make Type 1 fonts (.pfb/.pfm) appear in OpenOffice on Ubuntu Linux

type1fm is no longer available in Ubuntu sources. Also LibreOffice 5.3 has dropped support for Type 1 fonts entirely.

When you install Type 1 fonts (like makandra's corporate typeface), they won't show up in OpenOffice. OpenOffice requires some additional files to process them. Stefan GrĂ¼ndel found out what to do Show archive.org snapshot .

There is a tool that can produce the missing files:

sudo apt-get install t1lib-bin

Now you can create .afm files:

cd ~/.fonts
type1afm *.pfb

Restart OpenOffice and the fonts should show up.

Henning Koch Over 12 years ago