Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 07:55:22 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fonts qstns. Message-ID: <4C020BDA.9070508@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100529211104.GA55411@thought.org> References: <20100529211104.GA55411@thought.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/2010 22:11:07, Gary Kline wrote: > guys, > > given the depth and wide scope of knoweldge on this list, i'm > hoping that somebody can clue me in on font stuff... BUT: > the fonts i'm interested in have to work with openoffice. Any truetype or postscript font should work with OOo. I believe OOo will pick up whatever is available system-wide nowadays. If not, there will be an admin app you can use to add your font to the repertoire it knows about. Last time I used it, it vaguely recall it was called "sadmin," but that was a long time ago now. Note that this controls what OOo wll display to you on-screen. You make not get exactly the same font on a printout, depending on the make and model of your printer. > first, i'm looking for a font that is apropos for long > manscripts. printed. books rather than newspapers or other > ink+paper material. to me, GEorgia works quite nicely for > my book "JOURNEY." but am wondering if there is such a thing as > a semi-bold [or darker than usual regular] typeface. I'm quite partial to Gentium as a well proportioned, easy to read serif font. It's not very dark on the page though -- from a distance a sheet of Gentium text appears noticably lighter than many other fonts. > i hope you're all sitting down now; i'm ready to pay for this > font. --hope nodybody fell over :) You might want to take a look at http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software_catalog.asp?by=cat&name=Font - -- I've already mentioned their Gentium font, but Charis SIL and Doulos SIL looks promising too[*]. There isn't a port for either of those last two but you can look at the type-sample PDFs. Whipping a port together shouldn't be too much trouble. Cheers, Matthew [*] These are the people to go to if you are desperate for a font based on Sudanese camel branding marks... - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwCC9oACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyjGQCeLnhZWAG0GA9SA0FCPcYqGTne nx0AoIG2Pi8O4JycOog3AcbBzSwaYit5 =aj+c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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