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Update user interface font documentation
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RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc/README.Debian,v
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retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -d -r1.31 -r1.32
--- README.Debian 24 Oct 2003 09:27:43 -0000 1.31
+++ README.Debian 17 Nov 2003 17:21:47 -0000 1.32
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
X server crashes
Font problems
Missing fonts on upgrade to 1.1.0
- Too little fonts in some window managers
+ Why are the menu fonts smaller than in older versions?
+ Changing the default user interface font typeface
No menus visible
- Changing the user interface font
Disabling the splash screen
Upgrading from previous versions
More information about OOo in Debian
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@
- Global desktop integration for all users for KDE and Gnome desktops.
Menu entries for all window managers that support the Debian 'menu'
package.
- - Automatic integration of defoma fonts and several other popular font
- packages to be found in Debian. Defoma integration needs
- the x-ttcidfont-conf package.
+ - Fontconfig integration enables global configuration of fonts for
+ all applications that use fontconfig.
* Some extra features not yet present in official releases:
- s390 architecture support
@@ -238,10 +237,61 @@
~/.fonts or /usr/share/fonts. The same applies if you made use of special
paths with SAL_FONTPATH_PRIVATE.
-Too little fonts in some window managers
-----------------------------------------
-If your fonts are tiny, you can fix this with rescaling OpenOffice.org through
-the Settings (Tools -> Options -> View -> Scale). Increase it to 110 - 130 %.
+Why are the menu fonts smaller than in older versions?
+------------------------------------------------------
+This is caused by a change in the way OOo inteprets your X server DPI setting.
+This setting, when correctly configured, means that software can display text
+at its true size on the display.
+
+The official OOo version assumes that anyone who has their X server configured
+with a DPI of less than 96 has not actually configured it at all, and sets it
+back to 96. Unfortunately, this has the side effect that displays with a lower
+DPI setting, such as some LCD laptop displays, cannot display the page at its
+true size.
+
+So you can fix this by correctly setting the DPI for your X server. Gnome
users
+will find that it is set to 96 DPI by default; others may need to edit their X
+server configuration.
+
+The best way to get the correct DPI setting is to add a 'DisplaySize' entry to
the
+Monitor section. From the XF86Config-4 man page:
+
+ DisplaySize width height
+ This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of the
+ picture area of the monitor. If given this is used to calculate the
+ horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of the screen.
+
+If you set this value correctly, X will calculate and use the correct DPI
+setting, even if you use several different display resolutions.
+
+If you use KDE or Gnome, OOo will retrieve the font face and size from your
+desktop environment.
+
+If you use another window manager, you can either let OOo pick a default font
+itself, or edit /etc/openoffice/openoffice.org and set OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP to
+KDE or Gnome, to use KDE or Gnome settings respectively.
+
+If you do not want to use KDE or Gnome settings and want to change font sizes
+within OOo, you can change the font scaling using the user interface:
+
+ Tools Menu -> Options -> View -> Scale
+
+Changing the default user interface font typeface
+-------------------------------------------------
+You can change the default font typeface by replacing it with a different font
+installed on your system. This can be done using the font replacement function.
+Choose Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Font Replacement to access this
+function.
+
+To change the font of the OpenOffice.org user interface, you have to replace
+the default font "Andale Sans UI" with another font and mark the "always"
+setting for this replacement. "Andale Sans UI" is not selectable and has to be
+typed in. The replacement font has to be a font which supports the requested
+locale ( e.g for Korean language the replacement font has to be a font
+including Korean characters).
+
+Refer to the OpenOffice.org Help for a detailed explanation of the font
+replacement dialog.
No menus are visible
--------------------
@@ -271,27 +321,6 @@
The algorithm used by OpenOffice.org to select a suitable font for the user
interface does not check
-Changing the user interface font
---------------------------------
-(This is repeated from README.gz. If your current font does not work at all,
-e.g. you see '????' or nothing at all, you may need to trim down your font path
-as explained in the troubleshooting FAQ.)
-
-In OpenOffice.org you can change the font used for screen display and printing
-by replacing it with a different font installed on your system. This can be
-done using the font replacement function. Choose Tools - Options -
-OpenOffice.org - Font Replacement to access this function.
-
-To change the font of the OpenOffice.org user interface, you have to replace
-the default font "Andale Sans UI" with another font and mark the "always"
-setting for this replacement. "Andale Sans UI" is not selectable and has to be
-typed in. The replacement font has to be a font which supports the requested
-locale ( e.g for Korean language the replacement font has to be a font
-including Korean characters).
-
-Refer to the OpenOffice.org Help for a detailed explanation of the font
-replacement dialog.
-
Disabling the splash screen
===========================
If you don't like the splash screen staying in front of other windows while
@@ -313,5 +342,5 @@
Or the #debian-oo IRC channel on irc.freenode.net
The Debian OpenOffice.org team
-October 2003
+November 2003
