The default font in OpenOffice is called "Times." As far as I can tell, it is not a real font, but rather a pointer of sorts to some other font on your system. The GNOME character map does not show any font named Times, and even the font selector in OpenOffice does not show it in the list (except as the current font, when it is).
In vanilla Ubuntu (and Kubuntu), Times seems to point to the real-world font FreeSerif. In Linux Mint, it's something else — not exactly sure what the font is called, but it's one I decidedly don't like.
So, the question: How does one change the real font Times points to?
(And yes, I know I could just change the default font to FreeSerif, but I'd rather like to do it this way, if at all possible. )
OpenOffice's Imaginary Default Font
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Re: OpenOffice's Imaginary Default Font
One way to tackle this would be to
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apt install msttcorefonts
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Re: OpenOffice's Imaginary Default Font
But that would just add new fonts, not change anything with OpenOffice, right?
I seem to have figured out a solution to this problem — not exactly what I was hoping for, but it works. To replace any font you don't like with one you prefer, open OpenOffice, and go to Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org -> Fonts. Then check Apply Replacement Table, pick the font you want to replace and the one you want to replace it with, click the green checkmark, click OK, and restart OpenOffice (the font spacing may looked messed up, otherwise).
And there you go!
I seem to have figured out a solution to this problem — not exactly what I was hoping for, but it works. To replace any font you don't like with one you prefer, open OpenOffice, and go to Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org -> Fonts. Then check Apply Replacement Table, pick the font you want to replace and the one you want to replace it with, click the green checkmark, click OK, and restart OpenOffice (the font spacing may looked messed up, otherwise).
And there you go!