[libreoffice-users] Re: Font Substitution

On 09/09/2011 04:58 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 09/09/2011 06:13 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 09/09/2011 03:03 PM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> > > Tod Hopkins wrote (09-09-11 21:45)
> > > > I would really like if LibreOffice would alert me if a document
> > > > references a font that is not available.
> > > Well, pls read the reply that I had send before. And see the nice
> > > image that Nuno has made for you :-)
> > It guess the question then would be: what is the 'closest available
> > font' that will be used?
> >
> > In OOo 3.2 you could look at the VCL.xcu file and somewhat figure it
> > out. However after 3.2 their is no longer a VCL.xcu and I've no idea
> > what is used as the replacement.
...
> Here is a document is something I made in 2006 from various sources 
> about look-alike font.  This is a manual version to help deal with fonts 
> and what ones work.  It was created to deal with web pages and dealing 
> with installed fonts on the computer and CSS name lists so the page will 
> display properly.  It may no help with what LO will use as a substitute, 
> but it might be a good reference for some people.
>
> libreoffice-na.us/other/look-alike-fonts-list-27-page-3-column.pdf 
> <http://www.libreoffice-na.us/other/look-alike-fonts-list-27-page-3-column.pdf>   
> [actually 26 pages for this version  22 page at 8 point display font]
>
> For the font called Broadway, here is what the list shows as it 
> look-alike fonts
>     Bravo
>     Big City
>     Deco
>     Hudson
>     Moderne
>     Ritz
>     Showtime
>     Superb

I created a simple doc with a fictitious font 'supercalifrag' and then
exported as a PDF/1 and the default (on my system) ends up as DejaVuSans
(Embedded Subset). That seems to be the hardwired font included in LO
3.x. But I don't know how to test with others (Asian etc). But the
question still remains as to how to determine what the substitute font
is/will be. And without the VLC.xcu file I've no idea where to look next.





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