Subject: Re: AAAAAAGH!!! Die, Times Roman, die, die, die!!!
From: Jim Lynch (jim_lynch@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 21:26:59 CDT
Yes, I've seen this too. It's annoying. But it's still
beta so I forgive it and thank the gods that I'm not
stuck using MS Word.
Jim
--- Phil Stracchino <alaric@babcom.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to write a letter. I like CG Omega. I
> despise Times New
> Roman. It's ugly, cramped, and unpleasant to read.
> I've selected the
> entire document and set the font to CG Omega, about
> four times.
> Nevertheless, every time I hit enter to start a new
> paragraph, even if I
> just put the insertion point in the middle of a word
> and hit enter,
> AbiWord defiantly and relentlessly changes the font
> back to that
> never-to-be-sufficiently-damned Times New Roman.
>
> What's AbiWord smoking? This is driving me nuts.
>
>
> I'll say it again: Abiword *NEEDS* a "default font"
> preference. Badly.
> Whether it's implemented as a drop-down list in the
> preferences dialog
> somewhere, or specified in a default template that's
> always automatically
> loaded. Just so long as it's *there* and I can
> drive a stake into the
> evil undead heart of Times New Roman.
>
>
> --
> Linux Now! ..........Because friends don't let
> friends use Microsoft.
> phil stracchino -- the renaissance man --
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> alaric@babcom.com
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