Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
kword character spacing === kword sends a printfile to another printer model with correct character spacing,while the same file to my printer does not. Much later Seems this problem is font related. see, http://www.koffice.org/faq/#InprintoutKOfficereplacessomeofmyfontswithdifferentfonts I'm told, The best bet is to use another font (and to make sure your Qt is linked to Xft, and that the RENDER extension is available). Use Unicode TTF fonts, like Utopia or Verdana... Also, To make fonts printable to KOffice, the fonts in question need to be added to the ghostscript fontmap file, so ghostscript can find the fonts. This applies to TrueType as well as Type1 fonts. As KOffice doesn't necessarily use the correct ghostscript font names, it (respectively Qt) tries to guess them and sometimes fails on this task. This problem can be avoided by mapping the font names used by Qt to the correct X11 font names. See the following example how this can be done: mapping of font names in the ghostscript fontmap: (where ?) /ArialBlack-Roman /Arial_Black ; /Arnoldboecklin-Roman /ArnoldBoecklin-ExtraBold ; This problem will have to be solved within Qt; until then you will have to modify your fontmap. If you want to do this yourself, the following information might help you: So there seems to be a font mapping problem. I generally use helvetica in kword, so what on earth do I have to do to get helvetica to print off normally. All this font business is way over my head and I don't understand a word (excuse the pun)of it On the above site there is a shell script called kwdfont(which I guess once you have copied it, ought to be called kwdfont.sh) and so what do I do with it and what answers do I give when it asks me the questions ? Any help and assistance appreciated. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
kword character spacing === After some experimenting I found out, kword sends a printfile to another printer model with correct character spacing,while the same file to my printer does not. While OTOH, Mozilla sends files correctly to my printer without character spacing problems. Mozilla is called by lp -s -dZ53f, while kword uses kprinter. If the same kword file prints ok to anouther printer but not mine why is it that Mozilla has no trouble sending an identicle script to my printer ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
Charlie wrote: I usually adopt helvetica, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It looks reasonable on screen, I say reasonable,though perhaps still a little close, but in print preview, and actual print off, it is all too close set to be easily readable. I never had this problem before. John You haven't changed any printer settings? I don't have Kword installed, so can't help. I have always used OpenOffice.org. Charlie It seems like I will be joining you with OO if I cannot fix my kword print problem. I have a choice of 4 drivers for my Z53 printers(of which we have 3) and I make a practice of setting up all 4 every time. 3 of these drivers are ghostscript, the 4th is a proprietary(lexmark) , and all 4 each work to a degree, and I don't have any problem with the character spacing with any other app like mozilla for instance, which I use quite often Only kword, and I think kde in general, though I might be wrong there as I haven't test it with the likes of kspread, which I gave up on some time ago as I couldn't solve it's basic problems. I like kword, it has many good features, and the developers have made it more than a word processor, so I want to make it work if I can. If the problem is with the drivers, then I don't see why it is, since other apps can use them without problems, still , even if it is with the drivers, I sure don't know where and what I am supposed to do with it. I mean the driver setting include many options, but nothing I would sort of figure have anything to do with the character spacing. If I am wrong , by all means correct me I want to learn what to do as much as the next man. I'm guessing it's a kde setup problem , but what ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
On Saturday 06 Dec 2003 12:21 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Charlie wrote: I usually adopt helvetica, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It looks reasonable on screen, I say reasonable,though perhaps still a little close, but in print preview, and actual print off, it is all too close set to be easily readable. I never had this problem before. John You haven't changed any printer settings? I don't have Kword installed, so can't help. I have always used OpenOffice.org. Charlie It seems like I will be joining you with OO if I cannot fix my kword print problem. I have a choice of 4 drivers for my Z53 printers(of which we have 3) and I make a practice of setting up all 4 every time. 3 of these drivers are ghostscript, the 4th is a proprietary(lexmark) , and all 4 each work to a degree, and I don't have any problem with the character spacing with any other app like mozilla for instance, which I use quite often Only kword, and I think kde in general, though I might be wrong there as I haven't test it with the likes of kspread, which I gave up on some time ago as I couldn't solve it's basic problems. I like kword, it has many good features, and the developers have made it more than a word processor, so I want to make it work if I can. If the problem is with the drivers, then I don't see why it is, since other apps can use them without problems, still , even if it is with the drivers, I sure don't know where and what I am supposed to do with it. I mean the driver setting include many options, but nothing I would sort of figure have anything to do with the character spacing. If I am wrong , by all means correct me I want to learn what to do as much as the next man. I'm guessing it's a kde setup problem , but what ? John, you've been using kword and 9.1 for a long time. Is this a new problem? Or have you changed your printer? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Dec 2003 12:21 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: It seems like I will be joining you with OO if I cannot fix my kword print problem. I have a choice of 4 drivers for my Z53 printers(of which we have 3) and I make a practice of setting up all 4 every time. 3 of these drivers are ghostscript, the 4th is a proprietary(lexmark) , and all 4 each work to a degree, and I don't have any problem with the character spacing with any other app like mozilla for instance, which I use quite often Only kword, and I think kde in general, though I might be wrong there as I haven't test it with the likes of kspread, which I gave up on some time ago as I couldn't solve it's basic problems. I like kword, it has many good features, and the developers have made it more than a word processor, so I want to make it work if I can. If the problem is with the drivers, then I don't see why it is, since other apps can use them without problems, still , even if it is with the drivers, I sure don't know where and what I am supposed to do with it. I mean the driver setting include many options, but nothing I would sort of figure have anything to do with the character spacing. If I am wrong , by all means correct me I want to learn what to do as much as the next man. I'm guessing it's a kde setup problem , but what ? John, you've been using kword and 9.1 for a long time. Is this a new problem? Or have you changed your printer? Anne As you know I dual Linux boot, so while the kde printer setup failed in M9.1 I maintained and still have MD9.0 where my existing printer, Lexmark Z53, which hasn not been changed in any way, has worked with all apps flawlessly, as far as character spacing in concerned. Having got the printer to work in MD9.1, I am thinking of wiping M9.0 for MD9.2 install, but if I cannot use kword in MD9.1, then , I have to reconsider my options. It's a pain to switch word processor. It just seems daft that kword cannot print off as usual. I ain't done anything different to my knowledge, though I believe there have been some changes in the kde pre spooling arangements lately, but why should that make a difference anyway ? It leaves me thinking someone has been tampering with my Z53 drivers , but then I don't see why the drivers have much to do with it, it isn't the apps themselves that determin such matters as character and line spacing or am I wrong ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
On Saturday 06 Dec 2003 3:21 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Having got the printer to work in MD9.1, I am thinking of wiping M9.0 for MD9.2 install, but if I cannot use kword in MD9.1, then , I have to reconsider my options. It's a pain to switch word processor. It just seems daft that kword cannot print off as usual. I ain't done anything different to my knowledge, though I believe there have been some changes in the kde pre spooling arangements lately, but why should that make a difference anyway ? It leaves me thinking someone has been tampering with my Z53 drivers , but then I don't see why the drivers have much to do with it, it isn't the apps themselves that determin such matters as character and line spacing or am I wrong ? John, as you know I also use kword under 9.1. If it is any help in troubleshooting, feel free to mail me a sample document that has given you problems. I'll see whether it prints OK to my printer, a DJ990. If that's so, then it is definitely the printer driver, I would say. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 9:53 am, John Richard Smith wrote: How do you reset the spacing between characters in kword ? I need to increase the spacing from the current default setting which virtually merges them. I'm not talking about line spacing. John I don;t think you can adjust spacing at all. Which font are you using John? I use Sans, regular, 10 pt, and everything is very easy to read. Anne I usually adopt helvetica, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It looks reasonable on screen, I say reasonable,though perhaps still a little close, but in print preview, and actual print off, it is all too close set to be easily readable. I never had this problem before. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
Mark Kirschner wrote: John asked: How do you reset the spacing between characters in kword ? I need to increase the spacing from the current default setting which virtually merges them. I'm not talking about line spacing. Just did a check in Kword myself. There doesn't appear to be a way. Unfortunately, word processors (across the spectrum) seem to have dropped the ability to adjust this. Mark Have they dropped this spacing feature, that's odd , I wonder how you are supposed to cope. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 6:27 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I usually adopt helvetica, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It looks reasonable on screen, I say reasonable,though perhaps still a little close, but in print preview, and actual print off, it is all too close set to be easily readable. I never had this problem before. Very strange. I used to have that problem in OOWriter under 9.0, but I never use that now, so I don't know whether it's a problem in this release. I've never had it in KWord, though. Have you tried checking your printer setup, especially if it has only just started happening? I would look in printerdrake, in CUPS admin and in xpp, as each seems to be good at some things and not at others. I'd also try installing another instance of the printer, configure it slightly different from the other one, and try a new print. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:27 pm, many eyes noted that John Richard Smith wrote: I don;t think you can adjust spacing at all. Which font are you using John? I use Sans, regular, 10 pt, and everything is very easy to read. Anne I usually adopt helvetica, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It looks reasonable on screen, I say reasonable,though perhaps still a little close, but in print preview, and actual print off, it is all too close set to be easily readable. I never had this problem before. John You haven't changed any printer settings? I don't have Kword installed, so can't help. I have always used OpenOffice.org. Charlie -- Unfortunately virtue may command admiration but not always affection. anon This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1
How do you reset the spacing between characters in kword ? I need to increase the spacing from the current default setting which virtually merges them. I'm not talking about line spacing. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
