> The strange thing is that LO 4.0.5 on the same system shows both Calibri and 
> Calibri Light in the drop down.  4.1.3.2 shows only Calibri so something 
> changed in 4.1.3.2. Grrrr.
> 

On Nov 5, 2013, at 9:56 PM, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/05/2013 05:21 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Quoting NoOp <[email protected]>:
>> 
> ...
>>> Both AOOo AOO401m5(Build:9714)  -  Rev. 1524958 2013-09-20 11:54 - Linux
>>> x86_64) and LO 4.1.3.2 act identical, at least on the linux versions.
>>> Both use a substitute font for Calibri Light Bold/Bold Italic. That is
>>> because only Calibri Light and Calibri Light Italic are in the fonts
>>> that I copied over from Win7. Calibri Bold and Bold Italic
>>> (calibriz.ttf) are available, so those fonts aren't substituted.
>>> 
>>> You can verify by Format|Character and then selecting Calibre
>>> Light|Bold/Bold Light and notice the notification: "This font style will
>>> be simulated or the closest matching style will be used.". If you select
>>> only Claibri Light|Light/Light Italic the message will change to: "The
>>> same font will be used on both your printer and your screen".
>>> 
>> 
>> Correct. I have done all that. The issue with LO 4.1.3.2 is that it  
>> cannot differentiate between the font sub-families, I guess you would  
>> call them, so it thinks Calibri and Calibri Light are the same family.  
>> They are in a sense, but not in another sense and LO 4.0.5 can tell  
>> the difference and 4.1.3.2 cannot. AOO can tell the difference also  
>> even better than LO 4.0.5 in that it separates out Calibri, Calibri  
>> Light and Calibri Light Italic as separate fonts in the drop down list  
>> so I can choose which ever one I want. In 4.1.3.2 I can make the  
>> Calibri Light work using the Format/Character menus, but cannot any  
>> way get Calibri Light Bold to work as it isn't listed anywhere.  
>> Somehow LO has changed how the fonts are differentiated and it really  
>> messes up this font access.
> 
> Interesting... maybe a MAC difference? Both my Windows (WinXP and Win7)
> and Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora) versions of AOOo and LO only show Calibri
> and Calibri Light in the dropdown. Calibri Light Italic (it is installed
> on my Windows system) isn't listed in the dropdowns. Ditto for other
> Windows applications: MSWord, Works, Wordpad.

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