Bug 114495 - OpenOffice 2.0 can NOT write Hebrew language.
Summary: OpenOffice 2.0 can NOT write Hebrew language.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: OpenOffice.org (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 3
Hardware: All All
: P5 - None : Major
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Assignee: Petr Mladek
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Reported: 2005-08-31 17:51 UTC by Alexey Eremenko
Modified: 2006-02-09 10:10 UTC (History)
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Correct looking Hebrew text in KOffice (85.05 KB, image/png)
2005-08-31 17:53 UTC, Alexey Eremenko 		Details
Buggy font rendering - Hebrew text in OpenOffice 2 (57.78 KB, image/png)
2005-08-31 17:55 UTC, Alexey Eremenko 		Details
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Description Alexey Eremenko 2005-08-31 17:51:12 UTC 
OpenOffice 2.0 can't use KDE font "Sans Serif", which results in Hebrew   
language failure.    
  
All fonts that were tested inside OOo 2.0 can't display Hebrew Israeli   
characters. Instead those fonts display nothing or squares.    
   
KOffice on the other hand *uses* San Serif font by default, which solves   
the Hebrew-language problem.   
   
I'm not speaking now about Menu translations, but about the very basic   
capability of localised text input-output.   
  
This is a critical issue for Hebrew-speakers, and must be marked accordingly.
Comment 1 Alexey Eremenko 2005-08-31 17:53:38 UTC 
Created attachment 48351 [details]
Correct looking Hebrew text in KOffice
Comment 2 Alexey Eremenko 2005-08-31 17:55:16 UTC 
Created attachment 48352 [details]
Buggy font rendering - Hebrew text in OpenOffice 2
Comment 3 Michael Gross 2005-09-05 13:24:41 UTC 
This is not really a critical bug. (critical -> normal)

And please update the status to ``assigned'' when accepting a bug, otherwhise it
will be closed after some time.

This is a b3-bug, please check if it wasn't fixed already in b4 or the upcoming
RC1. If not, you are free to reopen it.
Comment 4 Alexey Eremenko 2005-09-05 15:44:37 UTC 
NOT FIXED in BETA4. Reopening.
Comment 5 M Nagashree 2005-10-06 06:18:06 UTC 
Petr, you may want to look into this.
Comment 6 Petr Mladek 2005-10-19 18:51:55 UTC 
OK, I'll look at it.
Comment 7 Petr Mladek 2006-02-09 10:09:26 UTC 
Some Hebrew fonts will be in the culmus package on SL 10.1/NLD10. This package
will be automatically installed when you select Hebrew language withing installation.

I fixed OOo configuration. It uses the Culmus fonts when they are installed and 
the Hebrew language is selected for the document.

Note: OOo allows to define a list of searched fonts for various situations: UI (menu), normal text, titles, presentation, spreadsheet. We use the following list in all situations now:

Nachlieli CLM;Miriam CLM;Ellinia CLM;Aharoni CLM;Drugulin CLM;Miriam Mono CLM;lucidagrande;nachlieli;tahoma;lucidasans;arialunicodems

It meeans that the font "Nachlieli CLM" is the most preferred font.


Feel free to reopen this bug or create another one when you find a problem or if  you would prefere different fonts in the variaous situations.
Comment 8 Petr Mladek 2006-02-09 10:10:25 UTC 
Forgot to write that the fixed OOo configuration should be available on SL 10.1-beta5/NLD10-beta4.