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diff --git a/system/Type1_to_OTF/README b/system/Type1_to_OTF/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cbaecd274d --- /dev/null +++ b/system/Type1_to_OTF/README @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Type1_to_OTF converts most of the Type1 (Postscript) fonts in +/usr/share/fonts/Type1 to OTF fonts in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. + +Libreoffice 5.3 no longer supports Type1 fonts. This SlackBuild will +convert a number of popular Type1 fonts (including Bitstream Charter and +Courier) to OTF, so that they are compatible with Libreoffice 5.3. + +The only fonts not converted are ones that Libreoffice can't render +(e.g. dingbats), or that Libreoffice already offers (e.g. luxi mono). +Some italic variants are not converted, but Libreoffice can synthesize +and display them anyway. |