On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 12:29, Andrew Dunbar wrote: > --- Dom Lachowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On > Tue, 2002-10-01 at 13:45, Alan Horkan wrote: > > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 06:10:40 +0100 (BST) > > > > From: "[iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: AbiWord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: OSNews RedHat 8 review & AbiWord > > > > > > > > I haven't read the whole review yet but notice > > > > this screenshot which includes AbiWord with some > > > > pointed comments typed into it: > > > > > > > > > http://osnews.beosjournal.org/img/1842/redhat4.jpg > > > > > > > > Is the numlock problem known? Sounds like other > > > > too-low-level keyboard code problems. > > > > > > > > Anyway it's a bit negative so give it a look. > > > > > > There was a bug that complianed about the chunky > > > fonts problem in the redhat beta, i dont know what > > > RedHat have done to break abiword. > > > > > > It seemed odd to me that RedHat was using > > > something like "Nimbus Roman" as the default font > > > rather than Times New Romam or Arial. > > I wonder if they've done their own hack to "fix" the > AbiWord fonts in 8.0? Anyone got 8.0 yet? > (I'd love it if somebody has a CD burner and an > airmail stamp) </begging> >
Hi Andrew. I'll make a couple of copies and send one set on to you. I've finally finished downloading them. > > > I cannot find the bug report, it is filed > > > somewhere in bugzilla under linux... > > > > The best retort we can come up with is to post the > > 1.1.1 release this Friday with yummy Xft goodness. > > Is this 1.1.1 based on STABLE with Xft? The new > with-tables HEAD-based stuff will be 2.x.x right? No. This is called 1.1.1 but is HEAD with xft and tables. > > > OOo looks dreadful here (on RedHat null) - the fonts > > are perhaps worse than the old Abi fonts. Unlike OOo > > we look like we even fit into the RedHat destkop. If > > we don't turn this author's head with all of our > > busywork and eye candy, we can always flame him/her > > or go mope in a corner :) > > By the way, I've reopened the numlock problem she > mentions. Anyone seen this lately? Is RedHat known > to patch AbiWord at all? Not much I think. I suspect they're our old un-anti-aliased Type 1 fonts. If you have a laptop or a really good monitor they do look pretty bad. They're not bad on blury monitors though :-) Cheers Martin
