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cce.zizkov AT volny.cz wrote:
>
> I downloaded BL-3.31 and tested the new add-ons. 
> Abiword runs perfectly with its own fonts. Almost 
> incredible in the minimalist BL 3 environment! So 
> it will be possible to edit and convert most .doc 
> and .rtf files on a very small Linux system - this 
> comes very close to 'real work'. 

Thank you for the input.  I'm very happy that AbiWord
is working so nicely.  Most people would be very 
surprised to see what we have running in 20mb.  
Even an old Slackware (with no GUI, no networking, 
no browser, no mail, no manpages) can't fit in 20mb.

> Have you any idea where ISO-8859-2 or Cyrillic fonts
> for Abiword can be found? On the Abiword website I saw
> dictionaries for many languages, but I could not figure out,
> how to get the necessary fonts.

I am no expert in fonts; however, I did notice that the
installed fonts contain many, many non-English characters.
Umlauts, accents and other strange characters.  I assume
that by using different character codes, you will get
those characters.  Is is possible that your ISO-8859-2
characters are already inside the AbiWord fonts?  Those
fonts files are very big.

If the characters you need aren't already inside the AbiWord
fonts, then you may be able to install your own fonts.  There
is a FAQ/Help page somewhere about adding your own fonts to 
AbiWord.

> Even those who do not need East European languages, may want
> to replace existing fonts, because they are not only ugly, 
> but even hard to read. 

The fonts look fine to me, but I'm no expert.  BTW, the FAQ/
Help page includes instructions for installing TrueType fonts.

Cheers,
Steven

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