On 10/16/2007 06:51 PM, NoOp wrote: > 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
Sorry forgot, that you might find these of interest: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=78858 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=43029 http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032 https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/43338 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
