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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Thai X fonts not displayed - was: Re: Implementing hyphenation / wordwrap for Thai
From:       Reginald Stadlbauer <reggie () troll ! no>
Date:       1999-09-12 12:24:39
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On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Rudiger Koch wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Reginald Stadlbauer wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Rudiger Koch wrote:
>> >- I couldn't get Thai fonts to show up in KWord and KIllustrator, probably
>> >  because they don't use X fonts. Do they use Ghostscript fonts? I 
>> 
>> They use X fonts!!!!!!!
>
>Then I guess we found a bug. KWord' font selector lets me choose a Thai font.
>KWord displays another font, though. The font selector remembers the chosen
>Thai font and shows it correctly.
>
>The Thai vowel "ai" for instance has the same code as the German Umlaut "ä".
>Upon typing "ai", "ä" is displayed in a font that looks like Times.
>
>Same thing in KIllustrator. KPresenter works fine. In KSpread, no Thai fonts
>appear in the font selector.
>
>If needed I can send you screenshots of KWord and KPresenter to illustrate
>that.

The KWord problem might have to do with the internal font handling, I'll look
into it. I have no idea about killu.

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Reggie

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