Hi,
I'm hoping someone here can clue me in on what's going on here, and what
(if anything) I can do about it.
I support a site running a mix of Ubuntu and Windows XP machines, and
we're trying to get them to use OpenOffice for common docs.
The XP workstations are running OpenOffice 2.0.4, the Linux boxes are
Ubnutu 5.10, running a late pre-release of version 2 (but the behaviour
is the same on Ubuntu 6.06, runnung OpenOffice 2.0.2).
They have a large library of docs that they've converted to OpenOffice,
using URW Gothic consistently throughout; this font is on the Ubuntu
boxes courtesy of gsfonts, and the same font is installed as a PS Type 1
font on the Windows XP machines. The document they've shown me is a
form that has little flowing text, most lines being ended in a soft
return; when opened under Ubuntu it's exactly 3 pages long, but under XP
it's nearer 3.5; viewed side by side, it's immediately apparent that the
vertical space used by each line is greater under XP.
As close as I can tell (and subject to variations due to OOO
version/OS), the respective copies of OpenOffice are configured identically.
Some things I've noticed, but whose significance isn't clear to me:
* Windows wouldn't install the Ubuntu version of the fonts, claiming
that the .pfm file was invalid or corrupt; I used the Debian Etch
version instead, which it seemed happy with.
* Under Windows, the character font style is shown as (e.g.) 'URW
Gothic L', 'Regular', and the dialog includes Regular as an
option; the dialog says (paraphrasing) 'the same font style will
be used on printer and screen'.
* Under Ubuntu, the character style is shown as (e.g.) 'URW Gothic
L', 'Regular', but the dialog doesn't offer 'Regular' (using
'Book' instead); the dialog says (paraphrasing) 'the font style
will be simulated...'.
It looks like a font substitution issue, but I can't see why or what I
can do about it; OpenOffice offers a font substitution table, but it
only offers to substitute one family (e.g., 'URW Gothic L') with
another, rather than one style with another (e.g., 'Book' for 'Regular').
Any clues? Have Ubuntu mangled their gsfonts packages? Is there some
weird registry setting in XP that's increasing the line height?
Thanks for at least thinking about it,
John.
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