[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2009-01-16 Thread Chris Cheney
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Target: jaunty-alpha-2 => ubuntu-9.04-beta -- OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Baas
Yes this is a great workaround. The easiest way however to wrap this command like this: 1. Follow steps 1 to 3 made by Ilja Sekler 2. cd /usr/lib/openoffice/program 3. sudo mv soffice soffice.real 4. sudo gedit soffice 5. paste: #!/bin/bash LD_PRELOAD=/opt/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0:/opt/lib/

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2009-01-16 Thread yaztromo
@Ilja Sekler - Thank you so much for this I thought I was gonna have another 6 months of awful fonts. You can change the openoffice quickstarter to load the script above with /usr/bin/ooffice -quickstart -nologo -nodefault $1 $2 instead of just /usr/bin/ooffice $1 $2. -- OpenOffice.org subpixel

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-12-03 Thread Ilja Sekler
A quick & dirty workaround at least for x86 and for now is to use cairo and pango from hardy-updates. I apologize for misusing this bug for a sort of a howto: 1. Download the packages from http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/hardy-updates/libcairo2 http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/hardy-updates/libpango1.

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Cheney
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: Confirmed => Triaged Target: intrepid-updates => jaunty-alpha-2 -- OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271283 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-11-13 Thread Joe_Bishop
It's not a fix. I need "subpixel with slight hinting, which I set up in System->Preferences->Appearance->Font->Details But I have something similar to GrayScale with no hinting: 2008/11/14 ddumanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Found a fix: > - Quit OpenOffice (exit quickstarter) > - In Appearance>Fonts

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-11-13 Thread ddumanis
Found a fix: - Quit OpenOffice (exit quickstarter) - In Appearance>Fonts>Rendering, change to subpixel with full hinting and RGB - Restart OpenOffice, rainbow artifacts are gone. -- OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271283 You received th

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-11-13 Thread ddumanis
Maybe I should say "yellowish-reddish" or even "rainbowish." Anyway, it's annoying as heck and makes it impossible to work on documents for long periods of time. -- OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271283 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-11-13 Thread ddumanis
Here's an attachment showing the yellowish blur that fonts get in OpenOffice (both 2.0 and 3.0) with subpixel font rendering turned on. No other app shows this blur--not Firefox, not any other app. In Hardy, subpixel font rendering in OpenOffice was fine. ** Attachment added: "screenshot showing

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-11-10 Thread ddumanis
Confirming. Fonts in Firefox and elsewhere look great; fonts in OpenOffice (both 2.0 and 3.0) look terrible. Please fix. -- OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-10-30 Thread Shiba
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex has been released and this bug is still present. Please hurry and fix it, fonts are just ugly, I can't stand them! :( -- OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271283 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 271283] Re: OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo

2008-10-17 Thread Chris Cheney
** Summary changed: - Open Office font rendering + OpenOffice.org subpixel font rendering broken with new cairo ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Cheney (ccheney) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed Target: None => intrepid-updates -- OpenOffi