Bug 67056 - PDF: Kerning issue with LIbreOffice 4 and Helvetica font
Summary: PDF: Kerning issue with LIbreOffice 4 and Helvetica font
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.0.1 rc
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: BSA
Keywords: regression
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-07-18 18:36 UTC by Patrick Frost
Modified: 2013-07-22 21:06 UTC (History)
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document containing Helvetica (28.50 KB, application/vnd.ms-word)
2013-07-18 18:36 UTC, Patrick Frost 		Details
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Description Patrick Frost 2013-07-18 18:36:55 UTC 
Created attachment 82625 [details]
document containing Helvetica

Problem description:
Export a document containing Helvetica font into PDF and the resulting PDF has horrible kerning--almost all spaces between words are removed, making the PDF very difficult to read.

Steps to reproduce:
1. ....Open a document containing Helvetica font
2. ....Export to PDF

Current behavior:
Spaces between words are removed, making it very difficult to read the PDF.

Expected behavior:
Space should remain constant so the document is readable (this works with LibreOffice 3.4.5).
              
Operating System: Fedora
Version: 4.1.0.1 rc
Last worked in: 3.4 all versions
Comment 1 retired 2013-07-21 12:26:20 UTC 
Couldn't reproduce with LO 4.1.0.3, OS X 10.8.4 as well as Ubuntu 13.04.

Which Linux are you using? Could you try if this is already fixed in LO 4.1.0.3 for you? http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/

After providing that info please re-set the bug to UNCONFIRMED.
Comment 2 Patrick Frost 2013-07-22 13:23:54 UTC 
I'm using Fedora 19. I tested the pre-release of 4.1.0.3, and the issue is fixed. Thank you!
Comment 3 retired 2013-07-22 21:06:07 UTC 
Perfect. Thanks for updating the bug :)