On 09/09/2013 10:57 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
On 09/09/13 12:57, Virgil Arrington wrote: [cut]However, LO has one wonderful advantage. The free font, Linux Libertine G, has many expert effects, and LO can access them all. It's an excellent typeface, and so far, the latest LO stable version, 4.0.5, seems to work very well with it. (Despite its "Linux" name, the font works just as well in Windows.) http://www.numbertext.org/linux/ (Libertine has an equally excellent companion sans-serif font, Linux Bolinium G) Using the advanced features requires adding extensions to the font name, such as "Linux Libertine G:onum=1" to use old style numbers. Various extensions are separated by the ampersand (&). It can be a little cumbersome at first, but there is an excellent guide at: www.numbertext.org/linux/fontfeatures.pdf The Typography Toolbar extension makes its use easier. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/typoThis looks very useful, but I note that it hasn't been updated since 2010 and OOo (LO?) 3.4. Is it known to function with LO 4.1? Peter HB
I'll speak from some level of technological ignorance. I think the font itself has not been updated in a while, but, what makes the font work with LO and AOO is the Graphite engine. This is where I get real ignorant, but I've found that as LO and AOO are upgraded, they work better with the Linux Libertine G fonts. For example, there is a switch in the font (itlc=2), which provides proper alignment of Italic text next to Roman text. You'll notice that the "fontfeatures.pdf" website says this switch doesn't work with LO 3.4. That is true; it doesn't. And, up to last week, it didn't work for me with LO 3.6.7. However, I upgraded to LO 4.0.5 and, voila, the switch works. Also, in prior versions of LO, Linux Libertine seemed to cause some crashes, but I haven't experienced a crash since LO 3.6. I don't think this is due to changes in the font, but rather improvements in LO itself. (I won't upgrade to LO 4.1.x until "x" becomes 5 or higher).
Perhaps someone else with knowledge about how LO and Graphite work together can chime in. I just know that every successive version of LO works better with the Libertine G and Biolinium G fonts, much to my delight.
It has become my default LO font for both my Windows and Linux partitions on my dual boot system.
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