Re: [libreoffice-users] Font Qs

On 12/12/2013 04:53 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Font files are fairly small and deleting one, even one that you never
> appear to use, could have fairly dire consequences in Windows (people
> have tried it before).  So it's better to keep them.  Windows comes
> loaded with many proprietary fonts with weird copyright restrictions.
> Ubuntu therefore uses ones that have copyleft licenses (= permissive
> copyright that don't restrict usage) fonts.  You can probably google
> it (or duck-duck-go or other search engine "it") to find those fonts
> and install them on Vista fairly easily.  I think you have to drag
> them into the
> C;/Windows/fonts
> folder.
>
>
> Just out of curiosity why go from Ubuntu to the currently worst
> version of Windows?  (hmm, some would say Win8 is worse but both are
> clearly fighting for last place).  Since they have just stopped
> selling Win7 i would guess they stopped selling Vista ages ago and
> it's end-of-life might even have happened already.  Xp is still
> supported (although not for long) and Win7 doesn't stop being
> supported until next year.  Errr, you don't have to answer, it's more
> of a rhetorical question tbh.  We all get forced into things we don't
> want to do sometimes or find the best choice we have is a bad one.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> On 11 December 2013 22:11, John R. Sowden <jsowden@americansentry.net> wrote:
> > I just installed LO 4.1 on my win vista laptop.  the font I normally use on
> > my desktops (ubuntu 13.10) is freesans.  There is no freesans in the font
> > list.  Is this a 'windows thing'?
> >
> > How large (in K) are each font file (I'm sure they vary somewhat)?
> >
> > How do I delete the ones that I will never use?
> >
> > During the install, I saw a message saying that the install program was
> > "deleting backup files".  Are these files that were created during the
> > install process, LO files from the previous version, or MY BACKUP FILES??
> > :)
> >
> > John
I don't understand why freesans is not in the windows version.  Does MS 
exert some kind of restriction to keep 'free' fonts out of apps? that's 
weird.

Re: your question re: win.  Good one.  I use Ubuntu on my desktops. 
Unfortunately, I have a need for database applications that are run by 
others in my company, so i can't have them selecting queries, forms, 
etc. as in LO, and I am constantly looking for a database program with a 
language, e.g. Foxpro in Linux.  Not found.  The sqls are back ends, and 
I will need to learn a C like language to write the application.  I hit 
the ground running with dBASE II in 1980 creating business applications 
with only some basic (dartmouth) experience.

Since MS does not give us backup CDs for the laptops, and they create 
drivers for laptop features (modem and what else), I don't want to 
remove win from the laptops.  I have only dual booted one with suse 8.2 
a few years ago.

John



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