[libreoffice-users] Re: Font mishap

On 10/16/2011 08:16 PM, Macho Philipovich wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I hope this is the appropriate place to send support questions. I
> couldn't find anything relevant in the FAQ or other help documents. I'm
> running LibreOffice 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (Build:302), shipped with Ubuntu 11.10.
>
> I have ttf-mscorefonts-installer set up, and so fonts like "Georgia" are
> available and can be italicized, etc. However, I was sent a large
> document that is mostly in Georgia, and looks fine, but has problems
> with italics and bold. Rather than having the font set to "Georgia"
> along with the property of being bolded or italicized, the document has
> the font name in various places itself set to "Georgia Italic", "Georgia
> Bold", or "Georgia Bold Italic", which it doesn't recognize, so renders
> in some default sans serif font.
>
> I need to be able to view the file properly without messing with its
> fonts, as I'm going to record changes to collaborate with the author. Is
> there some way I can do this? Is a "replacement table" what I need? I
> wasn't able to figure out how to do it or find any documentation that
> seemed to work for my version.
...
How was the document created? I did a test by creating an LO and MS Word
doc using Georgia in WinXP - just a simple:
Georgia Regular.
Georgia Bold.
Georgia Italic.
Georgia Bold Italic.

I then opened those (the .odt and .doc) in Ubuntu 10.10 with the
ttf-mscorefonts-installer installed. The fonts look exactly the same as
the Windows version. I tested with LO 3.3.4 and 3.4.3.

I then tested those Ubuntu 11.10 w/LO 3.4.3 _without_
ttf-mscorefonts-installer installed and exported to a pdf so that I can
see what the substitute fonts are. They are:
DejaVuSans
DejaVuSans-Bold
DejaVuSans-Oblique
DejaVuSans-BoldOblique

I then installed ttf-mscorefonts-installer and reopened the same
document. I then exported to a pdf & the fonts are:
Georgia
Georgia-Bold
Georgia-Italic
Georgia-BoldItalic

You my want to export your doc to a pdf and then look at the
File|Properties|Fonts and see what they are.




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