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

On 05/19/2011 03:47 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
> "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).
For decorative font embedding, I either use CUP-PDF with Linux or doPDF 
for Windows PDF printing.
I rarely use Export to PDF so I do not know which font does and does not 
embed into the documents.
I just got use to using those to "PDF printers" since it is just like a 
paper printer, except paperless and to a file.

For "standard fonts", you would have to then decide what is and is not a 
standard font.





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