Re: Bitstream Vera Serif Oblique

From: Julien Olivier (julo@altern.org)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 04:17:11 EST

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    On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 08:03, Stephen Viles wrote:
    > Hi Julien,
    >

    Hi Stephen

    > Can you search for this bug at http://bugzilla.abisource.com -- and if you
    > don't find a similar bug, can you please create a new bug and attach the
    > documents. You will also need to tell us:
    >

    I have searched for it but couldn't find any similar bug. So I created
    one here:
    http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5969

    > 1. which version of AbiWord you are using

    Abiword 2.0 (RPM).

    > 2. if you built AbiWord yourself, which build options you used

    I didn't.

    > 3. which Linux distro and version you are using

    I use the RPM coming with Fedora Core Test 3 (0.95).

    > 4. which desktop (GNOME, KDE) and version you are using
    >

    I use GNOME-2.4.

    > Cheers - Stephen.

    > 17/10/03 1:18:56 AM, Julien Olivier <julo@altern.org> wrote:
    > > Hi
    > >
    > > I have a problem with the Bitstream Vera Serif font in Abiword.
    > > If I click on the "oblique" toolbar button, then write using bitstream
    > > serif, it works well (the test uses this font and is oblique).
    > > Then, if I try to write in roman still using Bitstream serif, it writes
    > > in oblique.
    > >
    > > So, I did a new test: I opened Abiword again and started writing in
    > > Bitstream serif roman. It was OK. Then, I selected the roman text and
    > > clicked on "oblique". The text stayed roman...
    > >
    > > My conclusion is that you can't mix characters written in vera serif
    > > oblique and roman in the same document.
    > >
    > > After some searches, I found out that the Bitstream Vera Serif font
    > > doesn't have an oblique version. It's fontconfig which emulates the
    > > oblique font. That said, I tried to write a simple HTML document
    > > displaying texts in both oblique and roman using the vera serif font.
    > > And it worked well in Mozilla and Konqueror.
    > >
    > > Should I file a bug ?
    > >
    > > I attached the documents I used to test this behavior.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Decoded attachment(s):
    > > 1. test.abw 2. test.html
    >
    >
    >
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