odt file looks messy when going from Windows to linux in LibreOffice

[Pants]

I've tried searching around but I can't find anything conclusive. Creating an .odt file in Libre, (In Windows), then opening the file in Libre, from within Linux, the character format is all messed up. If I create the file in LInux and then open it in Windows....same thing.

I checked the character encoding, and in both Linux and Windows it's UTF-8 that's being used. So I'm not sure what the deal is.

 

[coffee]

I've tried searching around but I can't find anything conclusive. Creating an .odt file in Libre, (In Windows), then opening the file in Libre, from within Linux, the character format is all messed up. If I create the file in LInux and then open it in Windows....same thing.

I checked the character encoding, and in both Linux and Windows it's UTF-8 that's being used. So I'm not sure what the deal is.

Load the msfonts package in linux. If your using something like ubuntu based linux then search for msfonts in the software center. Otherwise google it.

 

[SilverLeaf]

Yep, just like Coffee said, install the msfonts package. I've also had good results with the Liberation font package.

If you have a Windows partition mounted, you can also share your actual MS fonts with Linux. See here for more: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microsoft_fonts

 

[Pants]

Awesome. thx.... and as Barnie says, it's "Super de duper!"