> [Original Message]
> From: H.S.Rai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <users@openoffice.org>
> Date: 10/4/2008 11:57:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [users] Common font for Linux and MS-windows
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:33 PM, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > observe these distortions with *all*
> > fonts, or do some fonts render in the same manner in both the Linux
> > distrubution(s) you use and in Windows versions ?
>
> Have not checked all fonts. Mosty students work in default fonts, what
> ever is available to MSwindow machine or Linux.
>
> > I can't help suspecting
> > that what you are experiencing is less a font than a layout problem -
>
> Is that differ from font. IMHO, layout disturbs because of font size
> and shape. One page may become 1 page plus 2 lines on 2nd page.
>
> > when,
> > for example, a document is to be saved in .doc format in OOo rather
than in
> > the default .odt format
>
> We are not converting. We are using OO on both MSwindows as well as on
Linux.
>
> So in my opinion, OO while running on different architecure, should
> have same common font as default.
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:39 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> > Somewhere, there's available the standard basic set of Windows fonts,
> > available for download for linux etc. Stick to those,
>
> I wanted otherwise. Encouraging MSwindow user to use non-proprietary
> fonts, by guiding then to download from the OO site or site of that
> font.
>
> > Othwerwise it's really up to the user to
> > make sure all fonts are available everywhere they're needed.
>
> What that make difficult to promote use of OO. Once user face such
> problem, he/she switch back MSoffice. While we claim it give user good
> experience on different platform.
>
> > There is a plugin that offers to check fonts within Writer - listed
> > here as "testFontsJTB.oxt" - from the OOo website.
>
> Thanks for information.
>
> > Oh, and don't forget the 'options' dialogue offers font substitution
> > tables.
>
> O.K.
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:59 PM, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > IMHO, the safest fonts are Times New Roman and Arial (and perhaps
> > Helvetica). You can get these fonts on a Linux machine easily. In
> > Ubuntu, the package is called msttcorefonts.
>
> Thanks.
>
> <snip>
> > So to see what is the root case, please verify what fonts are those
> > documents using.
>
> O.K. I will investigate more, and let you know.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> --
> H.S.Rai
> http://hs.raiandrai.com/
>
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