Before I start, let me tell you the little story, how I got the idea for writing this article. When I wrote my first article for OSNews, one of the screenshots I included showed my diploma thesis. I merely wanted to show that OpenOffice.org in Fedora Core 2 features native icons, nothing more.
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Ok, Bit Stream Vera is a rather nice font, however most user in the closed source world would not have this typical font on their system. What would happen, font substitution in their particular word processor. Unless you generate a PDF then the formatting will change on the recievers end. Just like web browsing folks. If specifiy a font on the web page and you dont have it in your collection, then your browser will substitue it for another font (unless you define custom fonts in your preferences). Why is Arial so popular (shudder)...
Dont forget the fonts? Bit Stream Vera?
Ok, Bit Stream Vera is a rather nice font, however most user in the closed source world would not have this typical font on their system. What would happen, font substitution in their particular word processor. Unless you generate a PDF then the formatting will change on the recievers end. Just like web browsing folks. If specifiy a font on the web page and you dont have it in your collection, then your browser will substitue it for another font (unless you define custom fonts in your preferences). Why is Arial so popular (shudder)...
Just my .02c worth.