On 05/01/2007 08:58 PM, John Pearson wrote:
> 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.
>
I'm not sure, but it could be that the system font resolution between
Ubuntu and XP are not the same. For example; Gnome defaults to 96dpi -
XP may be set at a different dpi setting, you can check.
In Ubuntu:
System|Preferences|Font|Details
In XP (doing this by memory so it may be wrong):
Control Panel|Display|Settings|Advanced|General|DPI
While the dpi settings are normally associated only with the screen,
there are applications (Gimp for example) that use the screen dpi
settings for the files as well. Could be that OOo is doing the same.
If the settings are both the same (i.e., 96 dpi) I'd recommend trying this:
o If you have a spare machine/partition, install Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty).
That will come with OOo (Ubuntui'zed mind you) 2.2. The alternative is
to install OOo 2.2 directly from the Openoffice.org download section
(skip the Java install and use your own Java).
o On an XP machine install OOo 2.2.
Then compare the document to see if they are now the same.
If you have a sample of the document that you are having problems with
and don't mind sending to me I'll be happy to test:
Ubuntu 6.06 - OOo 2.2
Ubuntu 7.04 - OOo 2.2
Ubuntu 7.04 - Ubuntu'ized OOo 2.2
Win2KP OOo 2.1 (I think I'll have dual boot to check)
WinXPP - I don't think I've installed OOo on this one as I never use it
& have to dual boot to check but I can easily do so and
install whatever flavor of OOo is available.
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