This is not actually an OpenOffice bug per se, but an interaction between Ubuntu's "fontconfig" and several different programs, including (but not limited to?) Open/Libre, Firefox, and probably several others. What these seem to have in common is the use of GTK+ font chooser dialogs.
There is an entrenched situation where devs from Ubuntu, GTK+, and Firefox (to name a few) have all decided that it's each other's issue and not their own. I am very grateful to the author of the following post, which is the only acceptible/elegant-enough workaround that I've found: http://keramida.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/dejavu-condensed-as-default/ Currently there is really no default or easily installable font that makes Firefox read as smoothly on Ubuntu as Windows defaults. The regular versions of DejaVu Sans or Bitstream Vera Sans are just unnecessarily wide. And it is a shame that this is so because DejaVu Sans Condensed *is* 'available' -- just not actually _reachable_ within Firefox or several other important programs without hacking. Bah. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571568 Title: Dejavu condensed fonts not working in openoffice 3.2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ttf-dejavu/+bug/571568/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
