On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 10:17:49AM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 22:49 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > Years ago I created a port of free fonts for FreeBSD. I've
> > updated the font list which is in Postscript form. Is there a
> > way I can add these font to OOo-2.02?
> >
> > I also bought a truckload of fonts in TTF format as well as
> > Postscript. Is there a way of adding these fonts?
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> > gary
> >
> >
> > PS: I'm willing to share my port of fonts with OO.org; just drop
> > a line.
> >
> >
>
>
> More Fonts! Wow. I have copied Laurent Godard who created FontOOo so he
> knows about your offer.
>
> By now you likely know about spadmin but I remember a message about font
> names that I think you should be aware. The gist of the message was that
> font names need to unique to be recognized within a font family. I
> cannot locate the message but recall the author's last name was Voormans
> so you may get lucky in searching the user list archives. If you find it
> let us know and I shall also try.
>
I run Mailman here; am less familiar with the OO mailinglist
software, but will give it a check. When I first released my
first version of fonts (enscriptfonts--they worked flawlessly
with the open version of Enscript) I was quickly flamed for
including a few non-free or shareware-demand fonts. This was
circa 1997. A newer version has been triple-checked. Several
new font added, some yanked.
The Family is listed, IIRC, in a string near the top of the
file. Many, perhaps most, are serif. Others are ones that
just strike me the right way. Anyway, if Mr Godard is willing
to have a look, I'd be pleased to work with him.
OO-swriter is an outstanding w-processor, but the dearth of
typefaces has been slightly disappointing. Times or Roman are
fine for a thesis or a business letter. But to write a fun
note and use something offbeat, nope.
--
Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix
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