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This is the place where the work on the Font-FAQ for OOo 2.x (*nix) will happen... | This is the place where the work on the Font-FAQ for OOo 2.x (*nix) will happen... | ||
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| + | If you have other suggestions, feel free to use the discussion-page. | ||
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| + | = Adding Fonts = | ||
| + | == How do I add fonts to OpenOffice.org 2 exclusively == | ||
| + | == How do I add fonts to one user's desktop exclusively == | ||
| + | == How do I add fonts system wide == | ||
| + | == Where can I find fonts for OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
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| + | = Font Fallback = | ||
| + | == What is this Font Fallback in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == How does Font Fallback work == | ||
| + | == Where is the VCL.xcu in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == How does the VCL.xcu work == | ||
| + | == How can I configure OpenOffice.org 2 to perform a specific font substitution == | ||
| + | == My document using TNR looks different than on Windows == | ||
| + | == My document using TNR looks awful == | ||
| + | == How can I find out what font OpenOffice.org 2 really uses == | ||
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| + | = Glyph Fallback = | ||
| + | == What is this sophisticated "Glyph Fallback" == | ||
| + | == My extended latin characters look different than the rest of my text == | ||
| + | == I see "square boxes" instead of regular characters == | ||
| + | == How can I find out if Glyph Fallback works in my OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
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| + | = Freetype = | ||
| + | == What is freetype2 == | ||
| + | == Is freetype2 supported in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == What does freetype2 provide == | ||
| + | == Isn't Xorg rendering my fonts == | ||
| + | == What types of fonts are supported in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == Are OTF fonts supported in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == Are none-Unicode fonts supported in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
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| + | = AntiAliasing = | ||
| + | == What is AntiAliasing == | ||
| + | == Is AntiAliasing supported in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == What are the minimum system requirements to make AntiAliasing work == | ||
| + | == Where can I configure AntiAliasing in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == What are embedded bitmaps in fonts == | ||
| + | == How can I tweak OpenOffice.org 2 to ignore embedded bitmaps == | ||
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| + | = Fontconfig = | ||
| + | == What is Fontconfig == | ||
| + | == Is Fontconfig supported in OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == What are the limitations in OpenOffice.org 2's Fontconfig support == | ||
| + | == What font is OpenOffice.org 2 using for the user interface == | ||
| + | == How can I change OpenOffice.org 2's user interface font == | ||
| + | == If I don't use Gnome 2.6, how can change the user interface font though == | ||
| + | == What is font aliasing == | ||
| + | == A few number of my fonts isn't antialiased, why == | ||
| + | == Which fonts on my desktop are provided by Fontconfig == | ||
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| + | = Misc = | ||
| + | == Where are all the fonts installed on my system == | ||
| + | == How do I find out what fonts are installed on my system == | ||
| + | == What is a scalable font == | ||
| + | == What is a bitmap font == | ||
| + | == What is a proportional font == | ||
| + | == What is a fixed-width font == | ||
| + | == What are these long font names == | ||
| + | == Scrolling the font combo-box freezes OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
| + | == What can I do if scrolling the font combo-box crashes OpenOffice.org 2 == | ||
Revision as of 20:59, 27 January 2006
This is the place where the work on the Font-FAQ for OOo 2.x (*nix) will happen... Feel free to fill out missing items, suggest new ones or correct mistakes and fix typos!
If you have other suggestions, feel free to use the discussion-page.
Contents
- 1 Adding Fonts
- 2 Font Fallback
- 2.1 What is this Font Fallback in OpenOffice.org 2
- 2.2 How does Font Fallback work
- 2.3 Where is the VCL.xcu in OpenOffice.org 2
- 2.4 How does the VCL.xcu work
- 2.5 How can I configure OpenOffice.org 2 to perform a specific font substitution
- 2.6 My document using TNR looks different than on Windows
- 2.7 My document using TNR looks awful
- 2.8 How can I find out what font OpenOffice.org 2 really uses
- 3 Glyph Fallback
- 4 Freetype
- 5 AntiAliasing
- 5.1 What is AntiAliasing
- 5.2 Is AntiAliasing supported in OpenOffice.org 2
- 5.3 What are the minimum system requirements to make AntiAliasing work
- 5.4 Where can I configure AntiAliasing in OpenOffice.org 2
- 5.5 What are embedded bitmaps in fonts
- 5.6 How can I tweak OpenOffice.org 2 to ignore embedded bitmaps
- 6 Fontconfig
- 6.1 What is Fontconfig
- 6.2 Is Fontconfig supported in OpenOffice.org 2
- 6.3 What are the limitations in OpenOffice.org 2's Fontconfig support
- 6.4 What font is OpenOffice.org 2 using for the user interface
- 6.5 How can I change OpenOffice.org 2's user interface font
- 6.6 If I don't use Gnome 2.6, how can change the user interface font though
- 6.7 What is font aliasing
- 6.8 A few number of my fonts isn't antialiased, why
- 6.9 Which fonts on my desktop are provided by Fontconfig
- 7 Misc
- 7.1 Where are all the fonts installed on my system
- 7.2 How do I find out what fonts are installed on my system
- 7.3 What is a scalable font
- 7.4 What is a bitmap font
- 7.5 What is a proportional font
- 7.6 What is a fixed-width font
- 7.7 What are these long font names
- 7.8 Scrolling the font combo-box freezes OpenOffice.org 2
- 7.9 What can I do if scrolling the font combo-box crashes OpenOffice.org 2
