CentOS 7.5 And Courier 10 Pitch Fonts In Libreoffice

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Everyone,

With the update to CentOS 7.5 it is apparent that we lost the Courier
10 Pitch fonts that were in “xorg-x11-fonts-Type1”. Does anyone know how to get this back.

Greg Ennis

12 thoughts on - CentOS 7.5 And Courier 10 Pitch Fonts In Libreoffice

  • Hi,

    Type 1 font support was dropped for 5.3. See below article.

    http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Lib reOffice-drops-Type-1-font-support

    Regards

    Phil

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  • Who mentioned LibreOffice?

    Surely fonts are used by things other than LO – what about TeX or even screen fonts?

    P.

  • As far as I can see they are still there:

    # cat /etc/CentOS-release
    CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)
    # rpm -q –all | grep Type1
    xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.5-9.el7.noarch
    # grep courier /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.dir
    c0419bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-medium-r-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso10646-1
    c0419bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-medium-r-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1
    c0582bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso10646-1
    c0582bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1
    c0583bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-bold-r-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso10646-1
    c0583bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-bold-r-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1
    c0611bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-bold-i-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso10646-1
    c0611bt_.pfb -bitstream-courier 10 pitch-bold-i-normal–0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1
    # ls /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0*
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0419bt_.afm /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0632bt_.afm
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0419bt_.pfb /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0632bt_.pfb
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0582bt_.afm /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0633bt_.afm
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0582bt_.pfb /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0633bt_.pfb
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0583bt_.afm /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0648bt_.afm
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0583bt_.pfb /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0648bt_.pfb
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0611bt_.afm /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0649bt_.afm
    /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0611bt_.pfb /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/c0649bt_.pfb

    P.

  • Hi,

    See subject line for libreoffice reference.

    Regards

    Phil

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  • I would claim that it’s late – except it isn’t and I’m just going blind. Sorry.

    P.

  • Hi,

    No need to be sorry. We all have moments. :-)

    Regards

    Phil

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  • Hi,

    Type 1 font support was dropped for 5.3. See below article.

    http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s
    -Blog/LibreOffice-drops-Type-1-font-support

    Regards

    Phil

    ————————————————————

    Phil,

    Thanks very much, you saved me a bunch of time trying to debug this. However, I surely wish LibreOffice had not taken this course of action. The comments in the link you gave me makes reference to a fix in the
    “Advanced” tools of LibreOffice by changing the “TextLayoutEngine” to
    “old” but I was not able to identify this flag in LibreOffice 5.3.6.1.

    Looks like the days of the Courier 10 Pitch font have concluded.

    Greg

  • Hi,

    On a test VM, I have managed to find the flag and set it.

    Tools -> Options -> (LibreOffice) Advanced -> Open Expert Configuration
    (button).

    When dialog appears. Insert and search for ‘TextLayoutEngine’. Double click on
    ‘VCL’ and change from ‘new’ to ‘old’ and ‘OK’ button your way back to writer. Close writer and restart and you will have the font requested back for use.

    Regards

    Phil

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  • Hi,

    Hold that thought. Once changed it is very buggy (no cursor) and not working correctly when you try use Courier Pitch 10.

    Shame…

    Regards

    Phil

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  • Hi,

    Hold that thought. Once changed it is very buggy (no cursor) and not working correctly when you try use Courier Pitch 10.

    Shame…

    Regards

    Phil

  • how about just using the “courier new” that you should get as part of LibreOffice?

    If you want 10 pitch, try choosing 12 point (and 12-pitch should be 10 point)

    Fred

  • Not a font offered n RHEL version build of libreoffice.

    Regards

    Phil

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