Subject: Re: Policy change request: Font name conflicts
From: Joaquín Cuenca Abela (cuenca@celium.net)
Date: Fri Apr 13 2001 - 04:09:58 CDT
Adam Warner wrote:
>
> Until Abiword is capable of utilising TrueType fonts, compatibility with
> Microsoft Word documents could be maintained by appending "Abi_" to any font
> name request within the program. For example, if a document requests the Arial
> TTF: When rendering the document Abiword accesses the Abi_Arial font instead.
Abiword can use TrueType fonts. I use it with the same fontset from
microsoft that you have.
> Unless I can find a way to include the Abiword fonts in my font path without it
> affecting other programs I may have to forego using Abiword.
You can do that, too.
Cheers,
-- Joaquín Cuenca Abela cuenca@celium.net
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