'Use of fonts in Kword (and probably other KDE applications too)'

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List: koffice
Subject: Use of fonts in Kword (and probably other KDE applications too)
From: Marc Heyvaert <marc_heyvaert () yahoo ! com>
Date: 2002-12-10 16:55:07
[Download RAW message or body]

Hello!

I am running Linux on a second PC. Distribution is Mandrake 9.0

I am starting now to do some of my PC work (mostly text and spreadsheet stuff) on my \
Linux machine using Koffice.

I must say that up to now I am agreeably surprised about the quality of Koffice and \
the usability. As an old Amipro user I am happy to work again with a frames-based \
wordprocessor. This makes life a lot easier!

Kspread is fun to use too, some things are a bit more tedious than with Excel but a \
lot of the stuff is actually easier to use.

I don't like all the things, like the embedding of applications in other documents is \
a bit strange. But perhaps I am doing it all wrong. If I create an object into \
another, e.g. kivio into a kword document the whole application (kivio) loads into \
the frame that I made on the documents page. If this is small, than the application \
(kivio is especially prolific in toolbars and other stuff) fills the allowed space to \
the brim, making it almost impossible to work with. Is it not possible to blow-up the \
application to a full screen state and after exiting it seeing the result only in the \
frame?

Anyway, this wasn't my most important question. My main problem concerns fonts. In \
kword I can choose between a sufficiently great number in my distribution. Some of \
these fonts have the origin between brackets in the drop-down box. E.g. Helvetica \
(Adobe). When I use these fonts, they look alright on the screen (incidentally which \
is not the cas in Openoffice that has a major problem in this area based on my \
personal experience), but when I print the result (or preview it) the characters seem \
to be very close to each other, to the point that some characters actually overlap \
(m, b, d, etc). As I see it there seems to be a problem with the character spacing \
with some fonts. In MS Word you can adjust this, but this doens't seem to be possible \
in kword. If this problem happens with some fonts, and not with others, how can I \
make the distinction? And why isn't there a filter to show only the fonts that give \
no problems.

Thanks for helping me on this one.

Regards

Marc

---------------------------------
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

[Attachment #3 (text/html)]

Hello!
I am running Linux on a second PC. Distribution is Mandrake 9.0
I am starting now to do some of my PC work (mostly text and spreadsheet stuff) on \
my Linux machine using Koffice. I must say that up to now I am agreeably \
surprised about the quality of Koffice and the usability. As an old Amipro user I am \
happy to work again with a frames-based wordprocessor. This makes life a lot \
easier! Kspread is fun to use too, some things are a bit more tedious than \
with Excel but a lot of the stuff is actually easier to use. I don't like all \
the things, like the embedding of applications in other documents is a bit strange. \
But perhaps I am doing it all wrong. If I create an object into another, e.g. kivio \
into a kword document the whole application (kivio) loads into the frame that I made \
on the documents page. If this is small, than the application (kivio is especially \
prolific in toolbars and other stuff) fills the allowed space to the brim, making it \
almost impossible to work with. Is it not possible to blow-up the application to a \
full screen state and after exiting it seeing the result only in the frame? \
Anyway, this wasn't my most important question. My main problem concerns fonts. In \
kword I can choose between a sufficiently great number in my distribution. Some of \
these fonts have the origin between brackets in the drop-down box. E.g. Helvetica \
(Adobe). When I use these fonts, they look alright on the screen (incidentally which \
is not the cas in Openoffice that has a major problem in this area based on my \
personal experience), but when I print the result (or preview it) the characters seem \
to be very close to each other, to the point that some characters actually overlap \
(m, b, d, etc). As I see it there seems to be a problem with the character spacing \
with some fonts. In MS Word you can adjust this, but this doens't seem to be possible \
in kword. If this problem happens with some fonts, and not with others, how can I \
make the distinction? And why isn't there a filter to show only the fonts that give \
no problems. Thanks for helping me on this one.
Regards
Marc <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? 
<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Mail \
Plus</a> - Powerful. Affordable. <a \
href="http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com">Sign up now</a>

____________________________________
koffice mailing list
koffice@mail.kde.org
To unsubscribe please visit:
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 