From koffice  Sun Jul 29 17:03:57 2001
From: James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 17:03:57 +0000
To: koffice
Subject: Bug#29900: Oblique Fonts don't work
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=99642732517627

Toshitaka Fujioka wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 28 July 2001 10:29, tyrerj@acm.org wrote:
> > Package: koffice
> > Version: 1.1 CVS downloaded today (using KDE 2.2.0 CVS/CVSup/Snapshot)
> > Severity: normal
> > Installed from:    Compiled sources
> > Compiler:          2.96-85
> > OS:                Linux
> > OS/Compiler notes: Red Hat RPM
> >
> > When using Adobe Courier, the 'Italic" button has no effect.
> >
> > When using Adobe Helvetica, the font displayed for 'Italic' is Helvetica
> > Narrow Oblique.
> >
> > Note: Adobe Times New Roman PS works correctly.
> >
> > Probably a problem with 'Oblique'
> 
> Do you use anti-aliasing ?

Yes.

> Italic, Bold and Bold Italic does not work (with true type font) in
> anti-aliasing.

These are (all three) Type 1 fonts

> I think that this problem is xft of Qt or freetype2 or XFree86. ;)
> 
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> Toshitaka Fujioka
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