I don't use Linux OS but will take your suggestion and try to find a set of TTF fonts on the Internet.
On Aug 5, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Doug wrote: > On 08/05/2013 01:32 PM, Victor Goff wrote: >> Have you tried to type a letter using any font of your choice? I have and >> it is terrible. >> >> > > I have briefly tried it using Times New Roman, and also the Courier > 10-pitch, and it looks fine, both on-screen and on paper. That is > the Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 version I tried. Normally I use the Times, > so I obviously have not tested all the fonts available. I believe that > the program uses the fonts that you have loaded into your computer in a > /fonts directory, so I don't know why it would look any different than > any other document printed with that font in another app.However, some > distros don't have the True-Type fonts by default--Mint is one such-- > and then the resulting output _does_ look pretty awful. If that's your > problem, you have to find a set of TTF fonts and load them into your > fonts directory. AAMOF, altho I don't normally use Mint, I did install > it and play with it for a bit, and when I discovered this problem, I > deleted all the ugly fonts and all the weird ones--all kinds of Asian > characters--and copied a fonts directory from PCLinuxOs. Voilà! > > --doug > > > -- > Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. > --A.M.Greeley > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
