OOo fonts gone?

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 14:33 +0100, Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Are any of these bitmap fonts, like Courier?  If so, OOo rightfully
> > ignores those fonts and will use only Type1 or TTF fonts.  I just did a
> > quick comparison and didn't find any differences between my system with
> > gedit and OOo, except for said bitmap fonts.  If the font is in
> > Fontconfig's database (ie gedit can see it), and its _not_ a bitmap
> > font, and OOo can't see it, then yes its a bug.
> 
> Ah. That's a pain in the backside for me as I use bitmap fonts a lot.
> Any way to get them back?

They weren't in FC2 or FC3 either...  Anyway, not really since they all
look like ass on screen and on the printer.  Out of curiosity, what's
the need for bitmap fonts as opposed to scalables?

Dan