one of the reasons that I was directing you to the 'ms core fonts' the
other day.
Craig
On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 12:30 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
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> > 480-544-1067
> >
> > In business, there are always problems. It's how they are handled
> > that makes a difference. Are you happy with your IT Manager?
> >
> >
> > 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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