Re: [libreoffice-users] Fontworks, how to change font

Thanks Dave and Jomali.

On 09/06/17 11:33, jomali wrote:
> I just tried Dave's method, and it worked flawlessly (LO 5.2.6.2 on 
> Mac OSX).
>
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Steve Edmonds 
> <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com <mailto:steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 09/06/17 00:01, Dave wrote:
>
>         On 08.06.2017 12:41, Steve Edmonds wrote:
>
>             Hi.
>             Trying to imitate a layout from MS word (words around a
>             circle) in
>             writer.
>
>             I can enter the words, get the shape, colour, etc. but in
>             writer can't
>             change the font.
>             If I do the same in draw the properties side bar has
>             Character where I
>             can change the font.
>             In writer the sidebar does not have Character.
>             LO 5.1.4.2
>             Am I missing something, help appreciated.
>             Steve
>
>         Hi Steve,
>
>         Double click on the Fontworks object to access the underlying
>         text.
>         Select/highlight (eg. Shift + Home keys) the displayed text
>         and choose
>         the required font from the style drop-down or that sidebar thing.
>         Click  outside of the Fontworks object to finish.
>         Note: Fontworks is converting normal fonts into vector shapes,
>         so some
>         results may not always be pleasing.
>
>         Hope this helps.
>
>         Dave
>
>     Thanks Dave, but that didn't work. The highlighted text changes
>     (and stays changed) but the changes don't go show in the fontwork
>     text. LO 5.1 and 5.2, OSX, Win and Linux.
I have it worked out now, Dave your examples helped.
What I was doing was double clicking, "highlighting the text" and 
changing font in the top left font drop down. The highlighted text 
changed but not the fontwork.
When I double clicked Daves example I found the properties panel on the 
right showed a Character setting that facilitated changing font, this 
worked. This character setting is displayed in draw without double 
clicking (just by clicking on the fontworks).

Investigating further I found when you double click on the fontwork, the 
text to edit has a space at the end. You must select this space and the 
text characters for the font setting from the top left font list to take 
effect.

Thanks again for your help,
Steve


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