On 16/07/17 22:26, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:33:38 -0400 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote: [...]
Based upon my reading of "LibreOffice drops Type 1 font support" (in 5.3) <http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-drops-Type-1-font-support> I think if you need to keep using fonts from the xorg-x11-fonts package they will have to be converted to a supported format, or you will need to switch to OO. Actually, in that article you link to, if you read the first comment and follow the instructions apparently from LO, you can switch the text layout engine in use and Bitstream Charter 'magically' comes back. Whether that will cause problems somewhere down the line, I don't know.
It says:
B��var Bj�rgvinsson: "I contacted LO at their Facebook page and received a reply that you can indeed go to the old settings which support Type-1. This is the reply: "Hi, you can switch to the old engine in the menu: Tools > Options > Advanced. Then click Open Expert Configuration, search for TextLayoutEngine, and double-click the result � change it to "old", save and restart LibreOffice. That may help!" my Tw version, libreoffice-5.4.0.1, doesn't have "TextLayoutEngine" in the
* Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> [07-16-17 08:08]: options. it does have Text, Layout and Engine, but nothing that I see providing a path to "old".
Ah! The magic word "old" made it all clear! :-). When you find TestLayoutEngine and click on it you then get a menu on the side with the word "new". Change this to "old", and restart LO. Bitstream Charter is then available. BC -- You are NOT entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your INFORMED opinion. Nobody is entitled to be ignorant. Harlan Ellison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org