# Is missing fonts logged somewhere?

**URL:** <https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797>\
**Category:** Installation & Configuration\
**Created:** [June 24, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797 "2025-06-24T05:50:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![CBra-GPE](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/cbra-gpe/32/1773_2.png) [@CBra-GPE](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/CBra-GPE)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797/1 "2025-06-24T05:50:59Z")

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We are attempting to roll out Collabora online in the public sector here in Denmark, where the norm is using Microsoft Office. We encounter missing fonts now and then, but only when customers complain directly to us. Which we then install for them.

Is there any way to catch that a font is missing automatically?

I’ve tried to search the log using the keyword “font” without luck.

Edit: we are using a docker host Collabora code installation btw, I searched for logs in the following way:

“docker-compose logs | grep font”

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**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797/2 "2025-06-25T05:47:54Z")

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hello @CBra-GPE

You can configure Collabora to report missing fonts if it’s not already set up. In the `coolwsd.xml`, look for:

```xml
<fonts_missing>
    <handling desc="How to handle fonts missing in a document: 'report', 'log', 'both', or 'ignore'" type="string" default="log">log</handling>
</fonts_missing>

```

Try changing the value to `report` or `both`. that might help detect missing fonts more clearly.

Thanks  
Darshan

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**Author:** ![CBra-GPE](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/cbra-gpe/32/1773_2.png) [@CBra-GPE](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/CBra-GPE)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797/3 "2025-06-25T07:24:48Z")

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Thank you for responding 🙂

If I change it to “both” or “report” the user is informed when opening the document, which is good. But we still don’t see anything in the logs about fonts missing, I will probably report that as a bug.

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**Author:** ![CBra-GPE](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/cbra-gpe/32/1773_2.png) [@CBra-GPE](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/CBra-GPE)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797/4 "2025-06-25T08:09:40Z")

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If I set the log level to debug, it works 🙂

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**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/is-missing-fonts-logged-somewhere/3797/5 "2025-06-30T08:28:38Z")

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