** Reply to message from Alex Thurgood <[email protected]> on Tue, 25
Feb 2014 09:22:49 +0100

> Le 24/02/2014 15:56, Cliff Scott a écrit :
> 
> Hi Cliff,
> 
> > Part of the issue is that the Calibre Light font in the frame that goes
> > partially across both columns is not found by LO as a separate font from
> > Calibre. For some reason LO after ver 4.0.5 does not parse the Calibre Light
> > font properly. I had this back in 4.1.3, 4.1.4 and now also 4.1.5. The
> > problem was discussed on this list back in November and a work around was
> > found, but that doesn't change the problem with 4.2.1. LO 4.1.5 handles the
> > unrecognized font just fine and the text still fits in the frame with the
> > substitution of what ever font LO comes up with, but 4.2.1 displays it 
> > larger
> > so it extends outside the frame and still has the problem with not
> > recognizing the font. I can make it fit by resizing the frame horizontally,
> > but then the other text is push around and doesn't fit properly on the page.
> > I was really hoping that the font recognizing problem would be fixed in
> > 4.2.1, but obviously not. The problem is a known bug and I added my 2 cents
> > to it on the bugtracker back in November. It doesn't make sense to me that
> > the same document would load differently in the two versions since they use
> > the same user preferences.
> 
> 
> The problem with font weight recognition in certain fonts is a known
> bug, but I can't remember the issue number at the moment. I saw it being
> discussed on one of the IRC channels the other day. No idea, when or
> whether it will be fixed though.
> 

The really frustrating part is that ApacheOO handles the fonts just fine.
Even better than the older versions of LO. I can only assume that it was an
accidental result of some other change. I sure hope someone takes it on to
fix soon. LO is so much better than AOO that I don't want to go back.

Cliff

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