Re: Questions to all DPL candidates
Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
> On ?????????????? 13 ?????????????? 2005 18:28, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > What's the compatible replacement for Times New Roman?
>
> Compatible in what way? Do you need just a serif font? Or do you need
> some serif font that looks exactly like Times New Roman, same
> kerning, dimensions, etc but is not TImes New Roman?
The second case.
> In the second
> case, I'm afraid I can't really help you, as I'm not a typesetting
> expert. But if you're just looking for a nice looking serif font,
> there are plenty: FreeSerif, Bitstream, Thryomanes, and I think
> there's a (non-free/contrib?) package of ttf-gentium, a very high
> quality serif font.
> But I think, OO.o, amongst others, offers the ability to use a font
> replacement table for improrting/exporting documents.
Replacement fonts are a standard feature, and using is usually breaks
formatting of the document.
AFAIK there's currently no way to decent quality printouts without
non-free fonts, even in the most simple cases (Times New Roman or
Arial).
Thiemo
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