Re: Gnome-print, text and fonts.

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Le vendredi 26 novembre 2004 à 09:41 -0500, Jody Goldberg a écrit :
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 08:42:26AM +0100, Jean Bréfort wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have some problems when printing rich text from applications using
> > gnome-print such as gchempaint and gnumeric.
> > 
> > * Slanted text using Serif font is not slanted on printing. I know the
> > problem comes from the non existence of a Bitstream vera serif italic
> > font. But on screen, pango slants the characters, not when printing.
> > 
> > * Luxi fonts give strange results. Characters are replaced by others. I
> > don't think gnome-print should behave as a cryptographic software.
> > 
> > Should I bugzilla? Or are these problems not relevant to gnome-print?
> 
> We should be embedding the fonts in the output.  If you're seeing
> something different on screen and printer then something is going
> wrong.  Please bugzilla, this may be related to
>     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158424
> which is blocking 2.8.1

I have the same thing on screen (print preview) and on the printer, but
the characters have been changed:
If I type "Hello" in a gnumeric cell and set the font to Luxi Serif, I
get "Úåééě" in both print preview and on paper.
I have opened a new bug:
	http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=#159573