On Thursday 12 October 2006 03:05 pm, Thomas w. Cranston wrote:
> Dan Lewis wrote:
> >On Thursday 12 October 2006 04:10 am, Santiago Donoso wrote:
> >>Dear OpenOffice,
> >>
> >>I have just installed OOo 2.0.3 in my computer running Mandriva
> >>Linux.
> >>
> >>Before, with other versions of OOo, I don't remember exactly wich
> >>ones, I had no problems with the fonts, but now the fonts look
> >> bad. Not only the ones I installed from MS as Arial, Verdana,
> >> but even Times New Roman, etc...
> >>
> >>I have been reading a lot of documentation and questions in
> >>different forums, but there seems to be no solution for this
> >> issue.
> >>
> >>I am always using OOo, but I really think you should consider
> >> this issue as number one, because it is really important to be
> >> able to work with nice characters in the screen.
> >>
> >>I hope your next update of OOo will solve this problem.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Santiago.
> >
> > I also use Mandriva Linux. When I installed OOo 2.0.4 RC3, I
> >noticed the font problem with Times New Roman even though it is
> >installed on my computer. However, when I used
> >File > Wizard > New fonts
> >from the internet to download and install Times New Roman, the
> >appearance of this font was correct again.
> >
> >Dan
> >>the ones I installed from MS as Arial, Verdana, but even
> >>
> >>> Times New Roman, etc...
>
> How did you do that. I would really like to use Times New Roman.
> What version of oo did it work with? What OS did you use it with.
> Can I use these fonts w/Fedora Core
If you look carefully at what I wrote earlier you will see "use
File > Wizard > New fonts from the internet". Open OOo and follow this
sequence. A file will open which will download and install the fonts
you want to use in the OOo font directory. (It probably uses JRE
[version 5 is required for OOo 2.0 and above].)
Dan
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