Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

If I understand what Alex is saying, see if one of the two listed below 
will work. (taken from Garamond Wikipedia)

>         EB Garamond
>
> Released in 2011 by Georg Duffner, EB Garamond is a free software 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software> version of Garamond 
> released under the Open Font License 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Font_License> and available 
> through Google Fonts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fonts>. 
> Duffner based the design on a specimen printed by Egelnoff-Berner in 
> 1592, with italic and Greek characters based on Robert Granjon's work, 
> as well as the addition of Cyrillic characters and OpenType features 
> such as swash italic capitals and schoolbook 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoolbook_characters> alternates 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylistic_alternates>.^[104] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#cite_note-EB_Garamond_specimen-111> 
> It is intended to include multiple optical sizes, as of 2014 including 
> fonts based on the 8 and 12 point forms on the 1592 specimen. It has 
> been described as "one of the best open source fonts" by prominent 
> typeface designer Erik Spiekermann 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Spiekermann>.^[105] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#cite_note-112>

>         URW++ Garamond No. 8
>
> Garamond No. 8 is a freeware version of Garamond contributed by URW++ 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URW%2B%2B> to the Ghostscript 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostscript> project, based on Stempel 
> Garamond.^[h] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#cite_note-114> 
> Featuring a bold weight, small capitals, optional text figures 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_figures> and automatic ligature 
> insertion, it is particularly popular in the TeX 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX> community and is also included on 
> some Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux> distributions.^[107] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#cite_note-A_Survey_of_Free_Math_Fonts-115> 
> Originally released as a PostScript Type 1, it has been converted into 
> the TrueType format, usable by most current software.^[108] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#cite_note-URW_Garamond_ttf_conversions-116> 
> It is distributed under the AFP license 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Free_Public_License>, which 
> allows it to be used freely (without support) but not sold or have its 
> distribution charged for.^[109] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond#cite_note-117>


On 2/27/2017 5:24 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> Le 23/02/2017 à 19:42, A. den Oudsten a écrit :
>
> Hi Andre,
>
>
> > I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
> > In the new version of LibreOffice is a shortage of fonts. I can choose
> > 104 fonts from the 171 available of my system fonts. So I missed - of
> > course - my favorate Classical Garamond.
> > ´the asked font is not available and will be replaced´ is the only
> > message I get.
> If the fonts in question are PS Type1, then they are no longer supported
> in LibreOffice 5.3 - support was dropped for Type1 postscript fonts in
> this release.
>
> Alex


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