[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
Michael Lueck, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. This is reproducible in Ubuntu 10.10 LibreOffice Impress at the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/585910/+attachment/1405216/+files/BoldTechnicalFontTest.zip && file-roller -h BoldTechnicalFontTest.zip && cd BoldTechnicalFontTest/.fonts && sudo mv TECHNICI.TTF /usr/share/fonts && sudo mv TECHNICN.TTF /usr/share/fonts && sudo fc-cache -f -v && sudo reboot Upon restart at the Terminal: loimpress -nologo ~/Desktop/BoldTechnicalFontTest/Desktop/BoldTechnicalFontTest.odp lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.10 Release:10.10 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-impress apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress libreoffice-impress: Installed: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 Candidate: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 Version table: *** 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Also affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: lo33 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 Title: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
WORKAROUND: Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> View -> Uncheck Use hardware acceleration checkbox -> OK button -> F5 Notice the fuzziness is no longer present. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org Comparing Impress which comes with Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04, this 10.04 version has a problem with my Technical TTF font + Bold + Presentation mode. It looks fine in 10.04's Impress Editor screen, but when in presentation mode the bold text for the slide headers get fuzzy. The width of the bold characters appears wider than it should be when bold is added. Height of the Bold characters appears correct. - I will try to attach a zip file with the font, which I installed to ~/.fonts and also a very simple Impress file example. - --- + I will try to attach a zip file with the font, which I installed to + ~/.fonts and also a very simple Impress file example. + + WORKAROUND: click Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> View -> uncheck Use + hardware acceleration checkbox -> OK button -> F5 + + --- Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.utf8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Tags: lucid Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 Title: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
** Attachment added: "Sample failing presentation and fonts used in test" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49139770/BoldTechnicalFontTest.zip -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
[This is an automatic notification.] Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect -p openoffice.org-core 585910 This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib package from the universe repository. Additionally, when prompted to give apport-collect permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it at least the ability to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding information to your bug report. Thanks in advance! When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs. ubuntu-bug openoffice.org-core Please do not set bugs back to 'New' after adding this information. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org Comparing Impress which comes with Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04, this 10.04 version has a problem with my Technical TTF font + Bold + Presentation mode. It looks fine in 10.04's Impress Editor screen, but when in presentation mode the bold text for the slide headers get fuzzy. The width of the bold characters appears wider than it should be when bold is added. Height of the Bold characters appears correct. - I will try to attach a zip file with the font, which I installed to - ~/.fonts and also a very simple Impress file example. + I will try to attach a zip file with the font, which I installed to ~/.fonts and also a very simple Impress file example. + --- + Architecture: i386 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) + NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia + Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4 + PackageArchitecture: i386 + ProcEnviron: + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 + Tags: lucid + Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 + UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49215900/Dependencies.txt -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
Can you attach a screenshot of it when it looks fuzzy to you so I can see if I am able to properly reproduce the problem? ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
Four samples getting attached. First two are from Ubuntu 9.04 which works properly. Second two will be from 10.04 where the error shows up ONLY in presentation mode. Fortunately I was able to capture the problem I was talking about within presentation mode. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-BoldTechnicalFontTest.odp - OpenOffice.org Impress.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49398352/Screenshot-BoldTechnicalFontTest.odp%20-%20OpenOffice.org%20Impress.png -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-OpenOffice.org 3.0-PresentationMode.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49398355/Screenshot-OpenOffice.org%203.0-PresentationMode.png -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-BoldTechnicalFontTest.odp - OpenOffice.org Impress.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49398399/Screenshot-BoldTechnicalFontTest.odp%20-%20OpenOffice.org%20Impress.png -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-OpenOffice.org 3.2-PresentationModeFuzzyFont.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49398403/Screenshot-OpenOffice.org%203.2-PresentationModeFuzzyFont.png -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
I can confirm your issue with a font from the ubuntu repositories (your example file doesn't work without having your font installed), the font I used is "GFS Theokritos" from the ttf-gfs-theokritos package. The problem seems to be that the font does not have a bold version, Openoffice is trying to create a bold font from the regular font itself (which typically does not lead to a nice results). Still this "getting fussy" should obivously not happen. Could you check whether your "Technical" font has a native bold version? Try this in a terminal: fc-list | grep Technical ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
There is an upstream bug report which seems to be about the same issue (although it mentions a Japanese font, the respective font does not have a native bold version as well). ** Bug watch added: Novell/SUSE Bugzilla #594111 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=594111 ** Also affects: openoffice via https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=594111 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
Greetings Marcel- The place I got that font from years ago had only a Normal and Italic version. Thus the two .ttf files I keep in my "hip pocket" and install various places. The older version that came with Ubuntu 9.04 was handling bolding the normal font correctly. The version with Ubuntu 10.04 guesses wrong somehow. In my mind, just "undo" that one downgrade in the newer version. ;-) (If life were so simple, hua?!) -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
Hi Michael. Hopefully I did not give the impression that this "getting fuzzy" is acceptable for fonts without a bold variant. It's ok for programs like Scribus, meant to produce professional print output, to not artificially bolden these fonts at all - but impress should definitely do this in a reasonable way. And as you reported, it was able to do it in previous versions :-) I overlooked it before, but the upstream bug report mentions that this problem only occurs when hardware acceleration is enabled in the openoffice options dialog. I can't test this right now - could you try whether this workaround, well, works? -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 585910] Re: Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode
Woo hoo!!! That indeed is a work-around! Great, I will be doing a presentation shortly, and will get to use Impress rather than Acrobat. Thanks, Marcel, for mentioning that work-around!!! :-) -- Font becomes fuzzy in presentation mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs