In an earlier post
(http://lodahl.blogspot.dk/2013/05/exiting-new-design-initiative.html)
I wrote about the new design features that will be exposed as
experimental feature in LibreOffice 4.1.
Among the other new
features, there is one that I believe is worth noticing. Embedding
fonts in documents will make a interoperability much better - both
between Office suites but also between different operating systems as
Windows, Linux and Mac.
Under normal circumstances
fonts are not embedded in the document, and when the document is
opened on another computer that doesn't have the used font
installed, then the application will try to replace the fonts "best
possible". The problem is that best possible is not always good
enough.
If (or when) the fonts are
embedded in the document the rendering of the document will always be
more accurate as the fonts used is exactly the same as on the
original machine.
The feature in LibreOffice
works in all modules, text editing, spreadsheet, drawings and
presentations. Besides that this opportunity is compatible with
Microsoft Office, and no matter if the document is interchanged as
.odt or .docx, then the document is opened in the opposite
application with the original fonts.
I have performed a small
and very simple test both ways (between Linux and Windows, and
LibreOffice versus Microsoft Office accordingly) with success.
Embedding fonts is
activated for each document in the dialog Files - Properties on the
tab Fonts.
This medal has a back
side, as the file will become large compared with the same document
without embedded fonts. Although I will recommend that fonts are
embedded in all documents that will be exchanged between operating
systems or office suites.
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