Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Pedro and Charles et al Le 2011-06-26 17:21, plino a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: But let me ask it again: why should it not be the right file format for LibreOffice? Fonts embedding cannot be the only one feature that will help us break the dominant vendor's monopoly, can it? Because

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Pedro, Le Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:21:25 -0700 (PDT), plino pedl...@gmail.com a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: But let me ask it again: why should it not be the right file format for LibreOffice? Fonts embedding cannot be the only one feature that will help us break the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread Davide Dozza
Il 26/06/2011 23:21, plino ha scritto: [...] Charles-H. Schulz wrote: If you want absolute layout fidelity use PDF. That's the reason it's been designed, not ODF. PDF is used for keeping printing fidelity. It's not an editable format. OOo, LibO, Symphony, Word, Abiword, Koffice and so on

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread Jesper Lund Stocholm
Hi Davide, 2011/6/27 Davide Dozza dav...@flossconsulting.it: Il 26/06/2011 23:21, plino ha scritto: [...] Charles-H. Schulz wrote: If you want absolute layout fidelity use PDF. That's the reason it's been designed, not ODF. PDF is used for keeping printing fidelity. It's not an editable

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread Davide Dozza
Hi Jesper, Il 27/06/2011 10:49, Jesper Lund Stocholm ha scritto: Hi Davide, 2011/6/27 Davide Dozza dav...@flossconsulting.it: Il 26/06/2011 23:21, plino ha scritto: [...] Charles-H. Schulz wrote: If you want absolute layout fidelity use PDF. That's the reason it's been designed, not

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread Jesper Lund Stocholm
Hi Davide, 2011/6/27 Davide Dozza dav...@flossconsulting.it: I've been working on OOo migrations since 2003. Especially for PA. I think I'm not detached from the real world ;-) :o) One thing it's what people wish, another what the law requires and yet another is what technology

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-27 Thread MiguelAngel
+1 Less words, more work. El 27/06/11 7:07, Keith Curtis escribió: In order to succeed, a mass movement must develop at the earliest moment a compact corporate organization and a capacity to integrate all comers. —Eric Hoffer, American philosopher This discussion is interesting but it

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-25 11:36, aqualung a écrit : Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: 3. There are other ways to make fonts available in the meantime, although not so straightforward as embedded fonts, they also don't make the document bigger. A similar discussion took place in March and I

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:30:07 -0700 (PDT), plino pedl...@gmail.com a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: So are you saying your word documents embed fonts on a daily basis? I've never seen any similar documents. You get the impression of that -maybe- because on a windows to windows

RE : [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Okay, since you're in fingepointing mode, it is indeed my mistake to think that fonts could not be embedded in MSO formats. I do maintain that very few people know about this, and that by rule they're not included. Now, as for humility, claiming in an assured and definitive way that ODF will lose

Re: RE : [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread plino
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Now, as for humility, claiming in an assured and definitive way that ODF will lose if it does not embed fonts is not exactly humble either. I didn't say that. I said that IF OASIS insists on refusing to embed fonts in ODF (which is what you also peremptorily

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:41:07 -0700 (PDT), plino pedl...@gmail.com a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Now, as for humility, claiming in an assured and definitive way that ODF will lose if it does not embed fonts is not exactly humble either. I didn't say that. I said that IF OASIS

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Robert Derman
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Le Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:41:07 -0700 (PDT), plino pedl...@gmail.com a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Now, as for humility, claiming in an assured and definitive way that ODF will lose if it does not embed fonts is not exactly humble either. I didn't

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 2011-06-27 14:17, Robert Derman wrote: Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Le Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:41:07 -0700 (PDT), plino pedl...@gmail.com a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Now, as for humility, claiming in an assured and definitive way that ODF will lose if it does not embed fonts

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Keith Curtis
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.comwrote: The better solution is to include the fonts required in the odt file just for LO use (like MS, and 2 previously mentioned word processors). That is another solution, but not necessarily a better solution. I think

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-26 Thread Keith Curtis
In order to succeed, a mass movement must develop at the earliest moment a compact corporate organization and a capacity to integrate all comers. —Eric Hoffer, American philosopher This discussion is interesting but it reminds me of people re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Or, perhaps a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Manfred Usselmann
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:25:47 -0700 (PDT) plino pedl...@gmail.com wrote: In any case, if LibreOffice's goal is to be a suite that stands behind the ODF format then it should review what it promises. If it can't embed fonts, it can never be a replacement for MS Office. Does MS Office embed

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Goran Rakic
У суб, 25. 06 2011. у 12:34 +0200, Manfred Usselmann пише: Does MS Office embed fonts? It is a rarely used option, disabled by default. To use it not breaking copyright law, you need to have a properly licensed font. If you are using non-free font, usually you are not allowed to redistribute

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:34:29 +0200, Manfred Usselmann usselman...@icg-online.de a écrit : On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:25:47 -0700 (PDT) plino pedl...@gmail.com wrote: In any case, if LibreOffice's goal is to be a suite that stands behind the ODF format then it should review what it promises.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:01:26 -0700 (PDT), plino pedl...@gmail.com a écrit : Charles-H. Schulz wrote: No it doesn't. Of course it does. Maybe you don't use it or don't know how to do it. But don't say it doesn't. So are you saying your word documents embed fonts on a daily basis?

RE: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 01:26 To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Subject: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review) Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: 4. It is incorrect to presume that Font Embedding will not be in ODF 1.3

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Marc Paré
Reader and if other groups were to support this new option, then it may pass? -Original Message- From: plino [mailto:pedl...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 01:26 To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Subject: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate

RE: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

2011-06-25 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review) [ ... ] Off hand, I would say that embedding a font is not just for readers to use. I would say that there must then be support for LO to fully use that in the editor for viewing, editing, printing, and generating other file