Phil Wyett
2018-May-12 19:32 UTC
[CentOS] Centos 7.5 and Courier 10 Pitch fonts in Libreoffice
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- *** If this is a mailing list, I am subscribed, no need to CC me.*** Playing the game for the games sake. Web: https://kathenas.org Github: https://github.com/kathenas GitLab: https://gitlab.com/kathenas Twitter: kathenasorg GPG: A0C3 4C6A AC2B B8F4 F1E5?EDF4 333F 60DC B0B9 BB77 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJa90FLAAoJEDM/YNywubt3A5AP/04I8YRKSe5Pwa4IWHUQ0KKH WI0bh/LtUsPXUbwaFqaUdkMDq3coG7PDJP8mF4+VO9dq4uTe6NpcVU8QYDM1COVb Y4Va0KgANInSw2kVHxOHUtD0mQBXZx1JZx67EeyMmSgr730psOwtQiZOpXr5U3mj eyavty5dAsqG2npLWaQnSqDyEtle3GKxWAjbKYIP+SdBatTydG2zYHzU8EEBTKbi ElmRobxnfZ/PCNX0AqGTqZxaKqqDOa0I0GoUUKAqQmt74DpJa8AxnYyLhafR5v5M okSkQj0fWuSJSHsRPqx/UYxpNeo/IEdp2SSOYdCL4EGXwUIgvBC5GbuFC9vdDPfB f1QJx4dfQhxLgZ2hKTU1pXGesaQ61Ime35WSOGAkMUu3baniiV3ftsVhqvPTc5bI jpQtaBA+8dtZmqDUNCjsEOXznpW+yQSuEEypZbdM094pLmNM9WuhBqA0QSDB54r1 pujPtgo3nrCje4vCEONLkuH+w9bLXDkQI198SL1oxcDeSFXPYOnX7MXKpVD6dFMH r/DtXvTVyYY8XH7rOvj1RY5kSroUlWoHGLLxYFDih3Kznya795YZTzEpjT/ohjFe WmBhsa45XIy+r1/xpKeTAibtkMN5GNZl8T4IxA4okoHSaFdJNrMyiM7mFZx1AwGJ Xr4vpA419LSSEjiM3y/8 =UDaB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Gregory P. Ennis
2018-May-13 16:00 UTC
[CentOS] Centos 7.5 and Courier 10 Pitch fonts in Libreoffice
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
Leon Fauster
2018-May-14 11:58 UTC
[CentOS] Centos 7.5 and Courier 10 Pitch fonts in Libreoffice
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. -- LF
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