-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [l10n-dev] Fonts for OpenOffice.org From: "Friedhelm Abels" <friedhelmabels [ at ] onlinehome [ dot ] de> Date: Sat, April 12, 2003 1:24 pm To: <dev [ at ] l10n [ dot ] openoffice [ dot ] org> By mistake the following mail went astray, so I send it again standing ashamed in the corner: Hi everyone, On monday, 9. December 2002 17:56 [GMT+0100=MEZ], Friedhelm Abels friedhelmabels [ at ] onlinehome [ dot ] de wrote: As some of you may remember, I deal with the idea of finding a substitute for the default "Thorndale"-Font shipped with StarOffice, but not with OpenOffice.org. The workaround, as far as i know, is to wait until useres stumble over it and ask on user-lists; then they are advised to download MS-fonts from sourceforge.net. Does anyone know, if there is a solution in sight or if a matching font has been found by SUN, which will be integrated into OOo in the near future? To give you a clue, I quote short passages from former mails with additional comments: [...] >> So I don't think the question isn't whether to replace the >> "Thorndale" setting or not. The question is with what to replace it. > > That's my point. [...] > But there are fonts I saw, which _might_ fullfill the > criteria if only anyone would have a look at them: > - ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/extras/fonts/windows/ > - http://www.sil.org/~gaultney/gentium/ (not yet shure about > license, see my first posting) This one is my personal favourite. I already took the chance and asked Victor Gaultney for permission and signing the JCA; this is part of his answer: > I can't yet give you an answer on the permission issues, as we are in > the process of refining our policies. Early next year we should have a > better answer for you. Maybe it's time to take a new effort, and ask him again? > - http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/junicode/junicode.html > - http://members.tripod.com/Thryomanes/fonts.html (was included in > Debian, see my first posting) > - http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/tituut.asp > - http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/ipa_unicode.html > - http://www.janthor.de/jGaramond/ > - http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/ These could be alternatives. Best regards, Friedhelm -- ## Friedhelm Abels, freier Mitarbeiter bei http://de.openoffice.org ## Office-Suite für Win 32, Linux (+PPC), Mac, Solaris (Intel+Sparc) ## Linux nicht nur zum Kennenlernen: www.knopper.net/knoppix/ ## private Mails an: vacon [ at ] openoffice [ dot ] org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe [ at ] l10n [ dot ] openoffice [ dot ] org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help [ at ] l10n [ dot ] openoffice [ dot ] org