Subject: Re: Policy change request: Font name conflicts
From: Adam Warner (mailing_lists@consulting.net.nz)
Date: Fri Apr 13 2001 - 04:52:28 CDT
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:09:58 +0200, Joaquín Cuenca Abela said:
> 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.
Then why:
(a) does the FAQ state:
http://www.abisource.com/faquser.phtml#2.7
"The AbiSource solution is to keep a copy of scalable Type 1 fonts locally,
Therefore, AbiWord can use only Type 1 fonts."
(b) Does the program refuse to run without the Abiword fonts in the font path?
Otherwise I receive the message:
"Abiword could not load the following font or fontset..."
And Abiword aborts.
Thanks,
Adam
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