To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=111814 Issue #|111814 Summary|Improved font selection Component|framework Version|OOo 3.2 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|tm Reported by|windl
------- Additional comments from [email protected] Tue May 25 09:07:21 +0000 2010 ------- A specific font is described by several attributes, like "font family", "manufacturer", "style", "weight", "size", etc. Unfortunately OOo does not display all attributes when offering a font to pick from a list, nor does it save all the attributes in the XML files. For example, there is a font named "Garamond" that is available from Monotype and from Adobe (and from Agfa, Linotype, ITC, etc.). Depending on the foundry there may be slight differences in kerning or visual appearance, so the user (especially if he has installed several of those choices) wants to pick a specific font from all the available ones. Another example is said to be "Frutiger Univers". OOo does not display/store the vendor/foundry of the font at the moment. Also OOo does not indicate whether a specific font is available in specific styles (normal, italic, oblique, slanted) or weights (norlam, light , bold, etc.) If a specific font is not available, OOo creates the shape synthetically, usually with sub-optimal results. For example, when OOo displays one font named "Tahoma", there are actually two fonts named "Tahoma" and "Tahoma-bold" installed, but not some "Tahoma-italic". I don't know all the English names, but OOo should display/store more of the attributes like (using German phrases): Schriftfamilie (font family) Hersteller (manufacturer/foudry) Schriftschnitt (specific "cut") Laufweite/Zeichenweite (pitch, like condensed, narrow, normal, expanded, etc.) Schriftlage (like regular, italic, slanted, oblique) Schriftgrad (point size) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
