On 5/10/22 3:46 PM, George N. White III wrote:
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 12:21 PM home user <mattisonw@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mattisonw@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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2. Writer files are copied to my Fedora workstation.
Unfortunately, neither Times New Roman nor Vivaldi are available in
Fedora-35. So I need a step 3: to convert the fonts to choices that
are
available in Fedora-35, and are expected to be available for a long
time
to come. It's that last condition that I need help with. It's
happened
to me in the past that a font that I used in Writer (in Fedora) ceased
to be available, so I changed it to the closest match that was
available. Then that font ceased to be available. So before I start
step 3 with them 240ish Writer files, how do I know which fonts are
likely to be permanent or supported in Fedora for many years, and which
are most vulnerable to being sunset sooner rather than later?
You should look for high quality open source fonts. There is an abundance
of low-quality open source fonts, many of which are not maintained and
may not be available in the future.
The <Scientific and Technical Information Exchange (STIX)
<https://www.stixfonts.org/>>
project is supported by a consortium of publishers with the goal of making
high-quality fonts that can be used across different software and can be
expected
to be available for many years.
STIX looks like a good idea for a Times New Roman replacement. It is on
this workstation, though I don't know if it came with Fedora,
LibreOffice, or something else. I don't see a good substitute for
Vivaldi. STIX's script option has script for upper case only; I need
script for both upper case and lower case. Z003 looks to be the only
option already installed. By the way, the STIX website doesn't say or
show much about their offerings.
With this workstation being 9+ years old, I'm preferring to use what
comes with Fedora and/or LibreOffice. That will simplify migrating to a
new workstation when someday that becomes necessary.
By the way, why do so many fonts show up twice in the font selection
tools?
Different programs may install different versions. You may have Type1,
Truetype,
and or Opentype format files for the same font name, as well as multiple
versions
in the same format. Some systems provide aliased names so you can have
two different fonts showing under the same generic name.
I'll come back to this after the main problem is fully solved.
--
George N. White III
Thank-you, George.
Bill.
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