Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 14413
Redhat 8.0 installation fonts
Last modified: 2004-07-16 21:31:19 UTC
I installed OO 1.1 on Redhat 8.0 using GNOME, following the instructions for a network installation in the setup guides at OO.org to the letter. The problem is that the fonts on the menus and other screens are messed up. I have attached some screenshots.
Created attachment 6184 [details] The fonts in the stylist dialog and menu are messed up
Created attachment 6185 [details] Even the add printer dialog has font problems)
Hi Ulf, I never have seen this on linux. Looks like a problem with the font settings. Any idea?
This is a known issue and fixed in issue 15363. The problem is the Mingti font from /usr/share/fonts/zh_TW which contains glyphs for latin characters of doubtful quality. Mingti was considered (from its name) as a suitable candidate to display traditional chinese glyphs and thus listed as one item in the fonts fallback list. Unfortunately on RH systems there was no font found in the list prior to Mingti. Now this fontsubstitution has been changed so that common Luxi fonts on Linux are found prior to Mingti. Additionally OOo 1.1 will provide new nice looking Bitstream TrueType fonts that will be used also for the GUI. Stay tuned! Workaround: comment out /usr/share/fonts/zh_TW in /etc/X11/fs/config and restart xfs (/etc/init.d/rc.d/xfs restart), if you don't rely on Traditional Chinese fonts. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 15363 ***
Closing dupe.