Regarding OpenOffice.org and OpenType support, here is a recent thread at the UX (User Experience) mailing list on features to include in OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1, http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=1890 A few people mentioned OpenType support, http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=1894 http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=1899 The way to go with OOo and OpenType support, is to have users request it, at the appropriate forums. Simos On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Vasile Gaburici <vgaburici@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since we are debating the state of Fedora fonts, I'd also like to add > that Fedora should ship as many OpenType fonts as possible. Why? > Because it (finally!) includes a decent bundle of TeX (texlive), which > contains XeTeX -- a version of TeX that can use advanced OpenType > features directly. XeTeX is still a bit inferior to pdftex in some > respects (no microtypography), but is far easier to use. Yeah, OOo > should get OpenType support too, but I personally don't care much > about it. > > FYI: Because Fedora up to release 8 kept including the obsolete tetex, > which I had to patch manually many times, I skipped all Fedoras > between 5 and 9! Anything in between would have been a downgrade for > me after I started manually adding up to date packages to tetex. And > no, I could not just add them locally because they conflicted with the > bundled packages in complex ways, so the old ones had to be deleted -- > so no yum update tetex for me. > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-fonts-list mailing list > Fedora-fonts-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list > _______________________________________________ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
