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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] Fontwork in draw doc
From:       Mark Herring <m_herring () surfcity ! net>
Date:       2002-12-30 14:07:34
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.2.20021230060426.00ac42b8 () pop3 ! surfcity ! com
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I've now posted of bunch of issues relating to fontworks.  I did not post 
the one on the inverted shadow since it has never recurred.
-Mark


M 12/14/2002 -0800, Mark Herring wrote:
> Sorry for the delay replying---I just returned from a meeting in Europe.
> 
> I think my initial reaction to fontworks was in large part due to some 
> non-intuitive behavior.  I've worked quite a bit with it now and I think I 
> know what some issues are:
> 
> 1.      selection of a contour shape automatically turns on 
> "auto-size".  This leads to unexpected huge images.  I'm not 100% on this 
> yet, but I think it would be better to not have this interaction---ie 
> allow selection of shapes without changing anything else.
> This may be related to a couple of instances where I managed to 
> get the image expanded so much that I could not find handles to reduce it.
> 
> 2.      The alignment icons are just like in the WP---but they dont do the 
> same thing---initially confusing, but OK once one understands 
> it.  NOTE:  it would be really nice to have more control to place the text 
> **anywhere** on a contour---not just left, center, and right.
> 
> 3.      Moving the text away from the contour line and/or certain shadow 
> settings causes the text spacing to get screwed up.  I'll submit an issue 
> on this with a file illustrating.
> 
> 4.      Vertical character orientation leads to really ugly results---cant 
> tell yet if its a bug or just something that only works in certain limited 
> situations.
> 
> 5.      Could not make "slant horizontal" and "slant vertical" do 
> anything.  Docs were no help.
> 
> 6.      Various things get reset when changing others--e.g. some of the 
> offset setting change when changing contour shapes.
> 
> 7.      Once, I managed to get the text shadow inverted---could not re-create.
> 
> 8.      Several times, a selected object was not "live"---I had to click 
> it again.  Perhaps related, I have had at least two cases of not being 
> able to select an object except by being exactly on the contour line.  I 
> cant consistently reporoduce it, but the recovery is always to create a 
> new text object---then the old one can be selected normally.
> 
> 9.      Two crashes when attempting to re-size an object after other 
> manipulations.  Cannot reproduce consistently.
> 
> BOTTOM LINE:  There are some very real bugs, but most of the issues are 
> really ergonomic.  Now that i'm used to it, I know what i can do 
> consistently and how.  Within those bounds, its a great tool.
> I'll submit an issue for everything that I can reproduce.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> At 06:45 AM 12/8/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > I've found it works well and pretty consistently, in 1.0.1. It is a bit 
> > funny about how much space it takes up when it's curved, but I don't 
> > *think* that's new.
> > 
> > What have you found being weird?
> > 
> > Solveig
> > solveig@getopenoffice.org
> > StarOffice Companion
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130384739/qid=1038181062/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/103-5292203-4103825?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
> >  OpenOffice.org Companion
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131407457/qid=1038181105/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-5292203-4103825?v=glance&s=books
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Mark Herring wrote:
> > 
> > > Is it just me, or is the "Fontwork" function not really finished?
> > > (menu bar-->format-->fontwork).
> > > 
> > > I found numerous glitches and funny behavior---I'm reluctant to submit 
> > > issues if the thing is not really expected to work yet?
> > > 
> > > _Mark
> > > 
> > > 
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