Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Sep 2007 19:46 UTC, submitted by maxx_730
OpenOffice.org 2.3 has been released. "Available for download now, OpenOffice.org 2.3 incorporates an extensive array of new features and enhancements to all its core components, and protects users from newly discovered security vulnerabilities. It is a major release and all users should download it."
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2006-05-04
OO.org font handling is far from perfect. OFT fonts are available for years now, in 2002 someone filled feature enhancement that would allow Openoffice to handle OTF, after 5 yrs this is still pending.
There are two types of Open Font format:
OTF (PS1) and OTT (TT). While linux system can cope with both (far from perfect though but still possible) Openoffice refuses to see/use OTF (PS1). For anyone using more than simple editing, this is a serious drawback.
Also font rendering is hit or miss. Most users does not have any problems because they use coreTTF (MS), Bitstream Vera or dejavu.
It is interesting that Kword, much simpler than Openoffice Writer handles fonts much better (but it is missing other formatting options available in OO.org)