Actually OOo is able to use the standard PostScript fonts. You have to
name them correctly in the document (e.g. "Times", "Helvetica",
"Courier"). However there seems to be an issue if there are
corresponding fonts installed on your system, especially if they are
TrueType fonts which occasionally get preferred over the printer built
in fonts and then are downloaded.
This is a bug, the corresponding issue id is 69487 (see
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=69487 ). Please feel
free to vote for that issue.
Kind regards, pl
Perry Hutchison wrote:
Can someone point me to a "cookbook" for making OpenOffice Writer
aware of the "standard" Postscript printer fonts?
I've found quite a few postings that somehow relate to the matter,
but none that describes exactly what-all to do, and in what order.
Environment:
FreeBSD 6.1 on i386
OpenOffice 2.0.3, built from the FreeBSD "ports collection"
Apple LaserWriter IIf printer (serial interface)
Audience:
I am very familiar with Postscript, having worked on the internals
of a Postscript interpreter for about 3 years (quite a few years
ago), but I am just getting started with OpenOffice.
Why it matters:
Due to the serial interface, documents containing font definitions
take a very long time to transfer to the printer. A test page,
containing a short sample of each of the 16 fonts offered in the
dropdown list, took something like 10 minutes to print, and the
Cursor and OpenSymbol samples appear to have substituted some
normal text font in that no special symbols got printed.
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