Andrew Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> Absolutely. There should be a preference editor
> somewhere where the user can set which fonts
> substiture for which fonts.
Most fonts[1] contain PANOSE[2][3] information. If this
information is embedded in documents (they don't take up much
space -- only 8 digits for each fonts), they can be used to make
*intelligent* font substitutions[4].
In addition, a simple look-up table for most common fonts (Times
New Roman --> Times, Arial --> Helvetica) could be built-in
AbiWord.
Footnotes
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[1] At least medium to high-quality fonts, which are the only font
which should (and usually will) be used in documents.
[2] <URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/notes.html#panose >
[3] <URL: http://www.panose.com/hardware/pan1.asp >
[4] <URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#font-selection >
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Karl Ove Hufthammer
