Comment 27 for bug 41411

I've installed Intrepid about a month ago, and began populating my comp with packages outside of the Canonical repo.

My personal preference goes to FreeSans and FreeSerif instead of the Nimbus fonts. So, after some searching here and there, I've found that if I add/edit a file in /etc/fonts/local.conf with entries similar to /etc/fonts/fonts.conf, I can replace (at least in OOo 2.4.1) the fonts not only in Writer (which is possible through OOo's Preferences menu) but also in other components. See appended local.conf.