my standard font changes globally after loading openoffice3

[netnomad]

i like my standard font f.e. sans-serif in minefield or icecat.
but after loading openoffice3 with it's dependency dejavu-fonts-ttf.tcz,
my standard font in other programs f.e. sans-serif in minefield or icecat
is changed to a very wide, hard to read font.
do you see there a way to change this behaviour?

[hiro]

Someone should make a wiki entry for font configuration.

[SamK]

Is this a candidate for a font configuration interface extension or potential inclusion within base?

[hiro]

I'm not sure what you mean, Sam.
But as there are multiple layers where font configuration might happen there should be a list of them.
e.g. I only know the freetype config with it's antialiasing, hinting and standard font substitutions, but stuff like gnome, kde and qt might be using their own configuration.

[SamK]

I'm not sure what you mean, Sam.

The basic idea of providing additional information is a good one.

On reflection my question may be a little off topic, and possibly better suited to a different thread.   

Changing the default fonts used by TC seems to crop up quite often.  I was thinking along the lines of working at a more fundamental level as shown in this topic:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,11476.0.html
Having some form of interface to conduct such changes and preview a change before committing it would be useful.