On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 17:19 +0200, John Doe wrote: > G., > > do you mean the font itself isnt installed? Its not > that the font is not selectable but rather that if i > select it or alternatively open a file that was > created on the old workstations, the font looks > totally different (compressed/condensed). > > ? > Dan
If you have the fonts and they display, I would suspect that you have the View > Zoom factor set differently. Try that and let us know. > --- "G. Roderick Singleton" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 16:09 +0200, John Doe wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > > > desperately seeking help. Reposting this request i > > put > > > on the forum yesterday without any reply. > > > > > > i try to do an overall distribution and OpenOffice > > > upgrade from an older Debian Sarge (unstable, back > > > then) , kde 3.1 and Openoffice 1.1.1 to the recent > > > Ubuntu, which comes with KDE 3.4, and OpenOffice > > > 1.1.3. This would apply to several workstations in > > the > > > office. I did the upgrade on one machine and it > > turned > > > out that the main problem now is that the fonts > > appear > > > totally different. In detail, this only applies to > > > OpenOffice , and the font used troughout the > > template > > > docs in this office is Nimbus Sans L. This font > > looks > > > sort of "condensed" now and also prints out the > > wrong > > > way. Other applications dont seem to have this > > > problem. I have checked one million settings > > within > > > KDE and compared to the older machines but couldnt > > > really single out anything that could cause the > > > problem. I have tried to figure out the actual > > font > > > files and replaced them with those of the old > > > installation but it did not help. Let me add that > > i am > > > not exactly an expert > > > when it comes to X11 font management, left alone > > KDE, > > > debian and OpenOffice on top. > > > > > > Each and every help greatly appreciated. I do > > realize > > > that it would be better if i understood the bits > > and > > > tricks around X11 fonts and i will certainly look > > into > > > it in greater detail once this is solved but for > > now i > > > would really be glad if any font expert could give > > me > > > a helping hand. The guy on the testing machine > > cannot > > > work right now... > > > > I suggest you try installing fonts using File > > > AutoPilot > Install > > fonts from the web IIRC, the Nimbus font is part of > > the Misc. > > collection. > > -- > > PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. > > OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Was denken Sie über E-Mail? Wir hören auf Ihre Meinung: > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/wix/p0379378.aspx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
