OOo fonts gone?

Marc Schwartz MSchwartz at MedAnalytics.com
Thu May 5 14:52:36 UTC 2005


Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>>Ah. That's a pain in the backside for me as I use bitmap fonts a lot.
>>>Any way to get them back?
>>
>>They weren't in FC2 or FC3 either...  Anyway, not really since they all
>>look like ass on screen and on the printer.  Out of curiosity, what's
>>the need for bitmap fonts as opposed to scalables?
> 
> 
> I tend to use the likes of courier for fixed scale fonts for the likes
> of source code, arial and helvetica for Win32 compatibility and Times
> Roman for the same sort of reason.
> 
> TTFN
> 
> Paul

Paul,

Consider using the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono font. I use that for all
applications where I need a fixed width font (save LaTeX output).

HTH,

Marc Schwartz




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