Issue 23486 - Formatting of spreadsheet cells very uneven
Summary: Formatting of spreadsheet cells very uneven
Status: CLOSED IRREPRODUCIBLE
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1
Hardware: All Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: peter.junge
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Depends on: 96581
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Reported: 2003-12-11 21:38 UTC by mitsu
Modified: 2008-12-18 14:14 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description mitsu 2003-12-11 21:38:13 UTC 
Hi, I've been using OpenOffice 1.0 for some time with few complaints.  I
recently set up a new Linux machine (Fedora Core 1) and installed the OO 1.1
package.  The formatting of documents on screen looks terrible now!  This bug
specifically refers to the spreadsheet component.

I have a spreadsheet that uses the Helvetica font (which doesn't seem to be
included with OO 1.1/Fedora Core 1).  However, even if I choose a font that is
included, I get the same issue.  When using a small font size (for example
Bitstream Vera Sans 9pt), the text in the cells is rendered very unevenly;
sometimes one pixel above the cell divider line, sometimes two.  The overall
look of a large spreadsheet page is a jumbled mess.  This did NOT occur with OO 1.0.

I am curious to know if there are people on this project keeping track of UI
issues like this.  Such things make it much less likely that ordinary users will
switch to free software projects... it just looks bad to upgrade and get messy
jumbled looking screen rendering.  Maybe most of us programmers don't care, but
I happen to be one that does.
Comment 1 frank 2003-12-12 09:16:31 UTC 
Hi mitsu,

as OOo 1.1 is older than Fedora and this distro is named as not stable, I tend
to say it's a problem with Fedora and not OOo.

Nevertheless, I found this Link :

http://gsl.openoffice.org/files/documents/16/347/FontTroubleshooting.sxw

Maybe it helps.

@Peter

Please track this Issue.

Frank
Comment 2 frank 2003-12-12 09:22:35 UTC 
As I think it's a problem of Fedora, I close it as invalid.
Comment 3 frank 2003-12-12 09:22:59 UTC 
closed inv
Comment 4 mitsu 2003-12-12 19:36:12 UTC 
Hi --- No, I just installed OO 1.1 on my Red Hat 9 system (the same one that was
running OO 1.0 without these problems) and I have the exact same symptoms.  If
you could please try reproducing my bug on your Linux system, you will see the
exact same problem I am observing.

I am surprised no one else has reported this before.
Comment 5 peter.junge 2003-12-15 13:47:10 UTC 
Hi Mitsu,
I would agree that 'closed invalid' is the wrong resolution for this bug. But I
have to at least call it 'resolved worksforme' because this issue isn't
reproduceble on every system. We have a font problem with some distros ever
since. This is because OOo doesn't deliver any own font. The result can be that
on some systems (e.g. Red Hat) a ugly bitmap font is used in cases where font
substitution applies. This has nothing do with Fedora Core isn't officially
supported by Red Hat anymore. I'm afraid Frank mixed these two things up. But
he's right with referring
http://gsl.openoffice.org/files/documents/16/347/FontTroubleshooting.sxw as
first step to resolve your problem. Please verify if this document helps you.
Otherwise please attach a screenshot to visualize your problem.

Best regards, Peter
Comment 6 peter.junge 2003-12-30 07:08:18 UTC 
No reply for 2 weeks
-> closed
Comment 7 peter.junge 2003-12-30 09:01:16 UTC 
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Comment 8 hdu@apache.org 2008-12-18 14:14:54 UTC 
Also see http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96581#desc7 for the root cause, why 
especially Calc has a problem here