On Saturday May 6 2006 11:27 am, Berna Massingill wrote:
> First, a "thank you" to everyone who replied to my original query
> about this problem -- I sent it and then became too busy to do more
> than save off the responses. Now I'm reading them and trying again
> to figure this out ....
>
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 09:53:10AM +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> >> Daniel Kasak wrote:
> >> >Berna Massingill wrote:
> >> >>Recently I was working on an OpenOffice Writer document with
> >> >>a colleague. For him, the document appeared to have five pages;
> >> >>for me, it appeared to have eight. He uses Windows; I use Linux.
> >> >>I'm clueless about where to start looking for differences --
> >> >> printer drivers?? installed fonts?? something else??
> >> >
> >> >I would be very suspicious of having different fonts on the 2
> >> > computers.
> >>
> >> Almost surely fonts. I just started using Ubuntu, and opened a
> >> .odt file I created in Windows. It shows the same behaviour as
> >> you describe. The headings in the original file are done in
> >> Arial, and I'm fairly sure this Ubuntu system does not have Arial
> >> on it, so it's substituting something (I'm not sure what) which
> >> is bigger.
>
> I think this is very likely the problem. When I open the document
> (.odt, created with OpenOffice under Windows) and move the cursor
> around in the text, what shows in the "name of font" box is Arial
> for some things and Times New Roman for others. That means those
> are the fonts it was created with, right? I'm pretty sure the Linux
> systems I use (all Fedora Core) don't have Arial, and I'm not sure
> about Times New Roman.
>
> I've tried R'ing TFM (OO online help) and S'ing TFW, but there seems
> to be some background knowledge I don't have. I have essentially
> zero experience installing fonts; it just hasn't been an issue
> for me previously (perhaps because I usually use LaTeX for making
> pretty documents, rather than a wordprocessor). So, pointers to
> beginner-level "how to find and install fonts" documentation would
> be appreciated.
>
> I did find a "HOWTO" about fonts and Linux, in which it was suggested
> that Arial and Times New Roman are somehow associated with Microsoft,
> and not legally available except with a Windows (or, presumably, MS
> Office) license. Anyone know if this is true? I don't want to do
> anything shady, but I really would like to be able to print this [EMAIL
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> document in a way that's close to how it would look on a system that
> has the right fonts. Suggestions?
>
> -- blm
I use Linux and I have both Arial and Times New Roman in my list of
available fonts. To get them, File > Wizard > Install fonts from the web.
A wizard opens with your choice of languages. Select yours and follow the
instructions. It will download the fonts you want and install them.
Dan
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