> [ ...] So, as soon as I would use the original MS Arial font,
> I would also have the original Microsoft glyph?
Mostly, to be more precise you have the original Microsoft glyph
*description*, this is rasterized by the glyph-renderer,
different ones can result in slightly different glyphs.
>
Thank you very much for this detailed answer.
1)
>It may look closer, or even identical if you also put under WINE a copy of the
>original Microsoft glyph and text rendering DLLs, ...
Do I understand right: The "original Microsoft glyph" is part of the original
"MS font", not in any "dll".
> This is very strange. I was expecting, that Wine Arial looks the same
> like Windows Arial.
I think that your expectations are very unrealistic because
Arial is a proprietary font and cannot be distributed as free
software. There is a 25 year old version of Arial that is part
of the Microsoft
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 4:17 PM serando wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> I have tried hard to find this false Arial.
>
> ... And I have found it.
>
> It's Wine Arial. Please have a look at the attachment.
>
> This is very strange. I was expecting, that Wine Arial looks the same
> like Windows Arial.
>
> I have installed Microsoft Word 2010 in Wine (Linux) and Windows 7.
>
> Why does the font Arial look different in wine than in Windows 7?
> Best method to see this, is to look at the number "5"in the picture
> in the attachment.
>
> My expectation was, that Arial looks the same in Wine like
W dniu czw., 20.08.2020 o 00:17 serando napisał(a):
> I have installed Microsoft Word 2010 in Wine (Linux) and Windows 7.
>
>
>
> Why does the font Arial look different in wine than in Windows 7 ?
>
> Best method to see this, is to look at the number "5"in the picture in
>
> the attachment.
>
>
