Vaughan-Nichols points out the problem is bigger than OOXML vs. Recently there have been many debates about open document standards. doc format, it isn't the time for gambling with document formats and fonts. The dimensions of each letter vary between fonts and can cause dramatic differences in layout.Īlso, when your employer asks for an application in Microsoft Word. The teacher didn't have Bitstream Vera Serif and the word processor substituted Times New Roman.

The problem: you used Bitstream Vera Serif which has large leading (vertical space). A week later, the teacher returns your paper marked down for not following directions. The college class assignment is to type 10 pages. Why does it matter, are there alternatives fonts that really work, and how do you use them? Why

In May of 2007, Red Hat announced its Liberation Fonts in response to 'proprietary fonts present a barrier to truly open documents in that Microsoft will not license others to redistribute fonts.' These fonts are metric equivalents: 'the fonts assume the identical horizontal spacing as the Microsoft fonts such that, when substituted for the Microsoft fonts, a line of text is identically displayed.'

Fonts for openoffice