On 10/16/2007 05:39 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:39:46 -0700 > NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >> On 10/16/2007 09:02 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> > It has been discussed often that OOo does not use OpenType fonts on >> > Linux. I was merely inquiring if the new 2.3 version has finally >> > remedied this. >> >> John Jason, if you can provide me with, or point me to a particular >> OpenType font I'll be happy to install & test. I can test in the >> Ubuntu'ized 2.3 version (as supplied with Gutsy) as well as the official >> OOo 2.3 running on Feisty. > > Gary, > > Thanks for the offer of help. I have attached Albertis.otf in the four > standard versions. Albertis is a free font available on the net. I am > sending this to you personally as well as to the list, as I suspect the > attachments won't make it to the list.
Installed on both Feisty & Gutsy & tested with (linux only): Feisty - OOo 2.3 Writer (official) & StarOffice (8/8) Writer Gutsty - OOo 2.3 Ubuntu version Doesn't work. I can indeed see & use the font as a system font and in other applications (in fact in my browser SeaMonkey), but not in OOo. Sorry. FWIW: <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Font-FAQ#Are_OTF_fonts_supported_in_OpenOffice.org_2> <quote> Are OTF fonts supported in OpenOffice.org 2 Not yet if they are postscript fonts (as virtually all of them are). The best you can do currently is to convert them from .otf to .ttf using something like fontforge http://fontforge.sf.net. The fontforge conversion is very good but not... etc </quote> Gary --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
