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sydney

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Registered: 2005-11-25

Posts: 63

OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

Hello, since last update OpenOffice 2.03 looks very very ugly but see it self.
http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ooen4.jpg

Whats wrong?
If i change to Font Antialiasing in OpenOffice its a little bit better but then looks the Text like Blod.
http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oo1jv4.jpg

Someone know what happend? And how i can fix it?
Thank you very much.

Some Infos

Name           : kdebase
Version        : 3.5.5-3
Groups         : kde

Name           : gtk2
Version        : 2.10.6-1
Groups         : None

hussam

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Registered: 2006-03-26

Posts: 572

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Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

It is a upstream problem in openoffice.org, it doesn't obey your anti-aliasing or hinting options under freetype 2.2
This will be fixed in openoffice.org 2.1
I have tried to backport a fedora fix for this, and I tried it with my OpenOffice 2.0.4rc3 build from aur but it didn't build. Even if it did build it would probably break some other stuff.
I guess we have to wait for a better patch of openoffice 2.1
In any case, it is definitely not a problem with your installation.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

Using bytecode antialiasing will avoid this problem, FWIW, though apparently bytecode doesn't look very good on some monitors.

aquila_deus

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From: Taipei

Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 348

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Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

It's the great light hinting I showed in another post, dunno why it's default now

You're not the first one complaining about it; there must be a lot of mac haters

lartza

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Registered: 2006-10-17

Posts: 14

Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

Here's a temporary fix for those who need unbroken openoffice:

wget ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/0.7.1/os/i686/freetype2-2.1.10-3.pkg.tar.gz
tar xfz freetype2-2.1.10-3.pkg.tar.gz
mv usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.8 /opt/openoffice/program/libfreetype.so.6

This way openoffice uses the old libfreetype.so.6 and everything else uses the new one

tpowa

Developer

From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

added the old freetype to new 2.0.4 packages, will need some time to upload the stuff

lartza

Member

Registered: 2006-10-17

Posts: 14

Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

wow! That was fast.

tpowa

Developer

From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

next time please use the bugtracker for such stuff, i just stumbled over it here on forum

benplaut

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Registered: 2006-06-13

Posts: 383

Re: OpenOffice looks since last update very ugly

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