[CentOS] Centos 7.5 and Courier 10 Pitch fonts in Libreoffice
Phil Wyett
philwyett at kathenas.org
Sat May 12 19:32:27 UTC 2018
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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
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>
> 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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