Re: Gnome-print, text and fonts.

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

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