Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Font is different on Screen and in Print

"Twayne" <TWAYNE@TWAYNESDOMAIN.COM> writes:
> In news:4DD46F85.2060502@krackedpress.com,
> webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <webmaster@krackedpress.com> typed:
> > On 05/18/2011 04:10 PM, AndrewB wrote:
> >
> > > I have received a Microsoft Word document which shows
> > > one font on screen and a completely different font when printed.
[...]
> > > I do not have Corsiva installed on my PC (Windows 7 Pro)
> > > so I can imagine that some font substitution is taking place on screen,
> > > but why does it work when printed.
> > > I'm baffled.
> >
> > That is the issue.  If you do not have the font
> > installed, it will not print correctly.  LibreOffice will list the font 
> > name
> > that is linked to the part of the text your courser is at, but that will
> > not mean a thing except that is the font the original document used.
[...]
> Won't LO allow you to embed the font right in the document?  I can't find it 
> now but I feel certain I've seen the feature.

Unless this has changed in LibO, it doesn't.

There are bugs in the OOo tracker about this:
http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20370

In a few words, this is (was?) not implemented because noone did it yet,
and because some people fear the draconian laws in the US (DMCA, I'm
looking at you) and its harsh enviroment where some companies want to
make money by simply suing everyone everywhere.

Which is a bit ironic, as OpenOffice has been doing PDF export for ages,
and I suppose that feature embeds non-standard fonts (PDF/A-1a goes
further because it not only requires font embedding, it also embeds
standard fonts).

-- 
Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)
gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/njsg

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