> > Hi :) > I thought some people here might be interested in a few problems someone > is having with Thai. I'm hoping that other Thai users have found some > work-arounds. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 8 March 2015 at 20:44, CVAlkan <fobe...@enteract.com> wrote: > >> Documentation Team: >> >> Some time ago, I provided an answer to a user who was having trouble using >> the Thai language and Thai fonts in LibreOffice; that thread can be seen >> in >> the Users section at >> >> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/saving-documents-written-in-Thai-tt4088195.html#a4088266 >> . >> >> I was only able to answer this because I happened to have spent hours >> trolling the web to get my own Thai documents to work effectively in >> Writer. >> A few readers suggested gathering tips on this subject in one place, but >> if >> that ever happened, I'm unaware of it. >> >> Of course, with each new release of Writer, something changes (usually >> breaks), and I now have troubles displaying and printing Writer documents >> with certain fonts that worked well a year ago. If I actually understood >> what was going on, it might not be that much of a pain to cure the problem >> but, with the apparent lack of documentation for this whole subject of >> font >> rendering, changes in justification and hyphenation using the same font >> from >> version to version, inconsistent support for open type features and/or >> graphite features - I'm just thrashing around in the dark. It seems like >> these features should either just be removed or implemented correctly (or >> at >> least not inconsistently). >> >> I've already had to switch one large document and several smaller ones to >> W*** on W****** because Writer no longer handles graphics in tables (well, >> it was acknowledged as a new bug [86578 and others] after enough people >> reported it, but no activity seems to be taking place). If I now have to >> switch another group of documents away from Writer because font handling >> (and by that I mean spacing, kerning, etc.) has become screwy, I guess you >> can suspect what I'm tempted to do. A new icon set is a nice thing, but >> ... >> >> I'm using 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04LTS, and I know the font handling routines in >> the various operating systems (and even different display managers) have >> differing capabilities and behaviors, but the issues I see all seem to >> occur >> only in LibreOffice. If there were some documentation available I would be >> able to tell if I'm just setting things up improperly for recent changes >> or >> experiencing a "bug." >> >> I apologize (really) if this sounds petulant, but is there any source for >> documentation on how this genre of stuff is supposed to work? Or: What OS >> libraries are recommended? Which display and/or printing libraries should >> be >> installed or removed? Are there third party kerning or justification >> routines that can be substituted or is everything done internally in >> LibreOffice? What should be done in templates, and what should be done in >> Styles? And which of the substitution mechanisms are best suited for which >> purposes? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Fonts-Font-Substitutions-Languages-Graphite-Justification-etc-tp4142599.html >> Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: >> documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> >
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