I'm not surprised. Most people use serif fonts. I happen to prefer sans
serif and the default substitution really stinks!
Once again, using the same fonts on both sides will give a more
identical look.
-mj-
George Toft wrote:
> The Nimbus fonts (Linux OO) has always worked for me - looks the same as
> the default courier and times new roman fonts under Windows. I never
> noticed the difference, and I use OO interchangably under Windows and
> Linux.
>
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> Mark Jarvis wrote:
>
>>
>> 1) I switch between Linux and Windows (XP).
>>
>> 2) I use Open Office in both.
>>
>> 3) I need my data available to both.
>>
>> 4) I use flash drives extensively.
>>
>> I've found out (the hard way) that while OO-Win has access to any and
>> all fonts installed in Windows, OO-Linux has its own set of fonts with
>> many of the common and popular fonts simply not available. The default
>> substitutions for common Windows mono-spaced (Courier New) and serif
>> (Times New Roman) fonts aren't too bad. The default substitution for
>> the sans serif font I used to use heavily (Arial), however, stunk. It
>> really messed up page and slide layout when I created something in
>> OO-Win, then brought it up in OO-Linux. Two other fonts, Bitstream
>> Vera Sans and Tahoma, however, are available in both and work quite
>> nicely.
>>
>> I keep my data in a fat32/vfat partition that is accessible to all OS
>> installations. I've found that adding ",umask=0,users" to the options
>> in the applicable line in /etc/fstab makes it writable by any user
>> (not just root) and any user can mount or unmount it. This also works
>> for the flash drives, since they also are formatted fat32/vfat. I
>> don't know why the "umask=0" option isn't default. BTW, some distros
>> insist on re-writing /etc/fstab on boot, dumping any special fixes
>> you--the owner--may have added. Usually giving it "400" permissions
>> stops that, but not always.
>>
>> Just a couple of tips that might help someone.
>>
>> -mj-
>>
>>
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