[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2012-01-01 Thread Neil Woolford
OK. Looking at existing bugs I find that upstream bug 43009 has similar characteristics to this bug, and refers back to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/779366 which appears very close to this bug. I shall look at this further and make appropriate links between

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2012-01-01 Thread Neil Woolford
Damn you automatic link highlighting! The mention of an upstream bug with its number has created a link to an unrelated bug in launchpad. The second link is valid, but could be more elegantly expressed as bug 779366. Doh! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2012-01-01 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 779366 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779366 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 779366 Font Nimbus Sans L squashed in Impress slideshow -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Neil Woolford, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 908326 When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Neil Woolford: - Original Message - From: Neil Woolford Sent: 12/31/11 11:54 AM To: Christopher M. Penalver Subject: Bug report for 908326, pair kerning in impress I've uploaded the document in question. Unfortunately when I try to use apport-collect 908326 the process fails

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Attachment added: example.odp https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/908326/+attachment/2652710/+files/example.odp -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Neil Woolford, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-24 Thread Neil Woolford
A quick experiment suggests that the problem is partly related to the font used, as not all fonts suffer from the problem. Note that all the fonts (I have tried so far) do kern correctly in the design view, it is the displayed slide show where kerning fails for some fonts. -- You received this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-23 Thread Neil Woolford
Here's how a slide looks in design view, note the nice tight and even appearance to the letter spacing. ** Attachment added: Design view.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/908326/+attachment/2645431/+files/Design%20view.png -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 908326] Re: Pair kerning fails in Impress slide show

2011-12-23 Thread Neil Woolford
Now how it appears in slide show mode. Notice the amount of extra and uneven white space between letters, especially noticeable between the W and e of Webb and also the R and A of PRA, but not right elsewhere either. By the way, PDF export, subject of a similar bug in the past, works fine for