On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 06:40:37PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > >I take it we don't have any free arial fonts. Ove, can we just make wine > >prefer something else when no font is found, or something like this? > > I suppose the Liberation fonts would work as a substitute, because > they're specifically designed to be metric-compatible with Arial, > Courier, Times New Roman, etc. To make Windows application look right > and maybe even be usable (with things like having text actually fit on > the buttons they're supposed to be on an issue), no other free fonts I > know of would do, as they're not metric-compatible. > > Wine already tries to choose some other fonts (in the requested class, > if the application provided one - which it might not if it thinks the > exact font name will always exist, like in #454178). With several to > choose from, it'll choose the first or last one or something, not sure. > Pretty arbitrary, anyway. That's how Windows chooses fonts. In any case, > the result may not always be great...
Ok, but can these just not be *wingdings*? Anything is better than that. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
