CentOS - May 2018 - Centos 7.5 and Courier 10 Pitch fonts in Libreoffice

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On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 20:27 +0100, Phil Wyett wrote:
> On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 14:05 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 12:17 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > > Everyone,
> > > 
> > > With the update to Centos 7.5 it is apparent that we lost the
Courier
> > > 10 Pitch fonts that were in
"xorg-x11-fonts-Type1".??Does anyone know
> > > how to get this back.
> > > 
> > > Greg Ennis
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Type 1 font support was dropped for 5.3. See below article.
> > 
> >
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s
> > -Blog/LibreOffice-drops-Type-1-font-support
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Phil,
> > 
> > Thanks very much, you saved me a bunch of time trying to debug this.?
> > However, I surely wish LibreOffice had not taken this course of
action.
> > The comments in the link you gave me makes reference to a fix in the
> > "Advanced" tools of LibreOffice by changing the
"TextLayoutEngine" to
> > "old" but I was not able to identify this flag in
LibreOffice 5.3.6.1.
> > 
> > Looks like the days of the Courier 10 Pitch font have concluded.
> > 
> > Greg
> > _______________________________________________
> > CentOS mailing list
> > CentOS at centos.org
> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On a test VM, I have managed to find the flag and set it.
> 
> Tools -> Options -> (LibreOffice) Advanced -> Open Expert
Configuration
> (button).
> 
> When dialog appears. Insert and search for 'TextLayoutEngine'.
Double click on
> 'VCL' and change from 'new' to 'old' and
'OK' button your way back to writer.
> Close writer and restart and you will have the font requested back for use.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
Hi,

Hold that thought. Once changed it is very buggy (no cursor) and not working
correctly when you try use Courier Pitch 10.

Shame...

Regards

Phil

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On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 20:27 +0100, Phil Wyett wrote:
> On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 14:05 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 12:17 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > > Everyone,
> > > 
> > > With the update to Centos 7.5 it is apparent that we lost the
> > > Courier
> > > 10 Pitch fonts that were in
"xorg-x11-fonts-Type1".??Does anyone
> > > know
> > > how to get this back.
> > > 
> > > Greg Ennis
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Type 1 font support was dropped for 5.3. See below article.
> > 
> > http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfie
> > ld-s
> > -Blog/LibreOffice-drops-Type-1-font-support
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Phil,
> > 
> > Thanks very much, you saved me a bunch of time trying to debug
> > this.?
> > However, I surely wish LibreOffice had not taken this course of
> > action.
> > The comments in the link you gave me makes reference to a fix in
> > the
> > "Advanced" tools of LibreOffice by changing the
"TextLayoutEngine"
> > to
> > "old" but I was not able to identify this flag in
LibreOffice
> > 5.3.6.1.
> > 
> > Looks like the days of the Courier 10 Pitch font have concluded.
> > 
> > Greg
> > _______________________________________________
> > CentOS mailing list
> > CentOS at centos.org
> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On a test VM, I have managed to find the flag and set it.
> 
> Tools -> Options -> (LibreOffice) Advanced -> Open Expert
> Configuration
> (button).
> 
> When dialog appears. Insert and search for 'TextLayoutEngine'.
Double
> click on
> 'VCL' and change from 'new' to 'old' and
'OK' button your way back to
> writer.
> Close writer and restart and you will have the font requested back
> for use.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
Hi,

Hold that thought. Once changed it is very buggy (no cursor) and not
working
correctly when you try use Courier Pitch 10.

Shame...

Regards

Phil

_______________________________________________

Phil,

Thanks again, sure appreciate your help!!! ?

I have started the process of trying to replace our templates with a
new font.  'Liberation mono' is a close match, but for some reason I
don't like the way it looks when the whole page of type is scanned all
together.

Greg

Am 13.05.2018 um 18:00 schrieb Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at
PoMec.Net>:
> 
> I have started the process of trying to replace our templates with a
> new font.  'Liberation mono' is a close match, but for some reason
I
> don't like the way it looks when the whole page of type is scanned all
> together.
Try to convert the type1 fonts into a truetype 
container (using fontforge) and install them 
into your home directory. This can be scripted 
with "fontforge -script" ... as far as I remember.


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