Issue 118001 - Add Glyph Scaling Option for Justified Paragraphs
Summary: Add Glyph Scaling Option for Justified Paragraphs
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: formatting (show other issues)
Version: version58
Hardware: All All
: P3 Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: needhelp
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Reported: 2011-05-11 01:03 UTC by sungkhum
Modified: 2014-04-07 15:20 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---

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Current OOo Justification Without Glyph Scaling (24.77 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2011-05-30 10:24 UTC, sungkhum 		no flags Details
Preview of Desired Justification Feature that Allows Glyph Scaling (51.27 KB, application/pdf)
2011-05-30 10:27 UTC, sungkhum 		no flags Details
PDF of Current OOo Justification Without Glyph Scaling (20.30 KB, application/pdf)
2011-05-30 10:29 UTC, sungkhum 		no flags Details
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Description sungkhum 2011-05-11 01:03:04 UTC 
Currently OpenOffice Writer does not allow glyph scaling for justified text.  This makes using justified text for some languages (like Khmer that has no space between words) difficult and the result is poor at best.  I want to suggest that OpenOffice integrate the ability to scale glyphs in addition to the current kerning so that languages such as Khmer will look perfect justified.  Some examples: http://www.khmeros.info/drupal612/en/node/2687

For a longer discussion on the benifits (not only for Khmer, but every language) see this document: http://www.tex.ac.uk/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/microtype.pdf

I am not sure if this is possible - but it would be a wonderful addition to OpenOffice.
Comment 1 sungkhum 2011-05-30 10:24:46 UTC 
Created attachment 76573 [details]
Current OOo Justification Without Glyph Scaling

I've attached an OpenOffice document showing the current option for Complex Texts just as Khmer (that does not use spaces between words).  It is not really useable for publication because it looks so bad.
Comment 2 sungkhum 2011-05-30 10:27:54 UTC 
Created attachment 76574 [details]
Preview of Desired Justification Feature that Allows Glyph Scaling

I've attached an PDF document showing the desired option of Glyph scaling (made in Adobe InDesign) for Complex Texts just as Khmer (that does not use spaces between words).  It allows the result to look professional for publications (such as books, magazines, and newspapers)
Comment 3 sungkhum 2011-05-30 10:29:33 UTC 
Created attachment 76575 [details]
PDF of Current OOo Justification Without Glyph Scaling

I've attached a PDF document (for those that can't view Khmer) showing the current option for Complex Texts just as Khmer (that does not use spaces between words).  It is not really useable for publication because it looks so bad.
Comment 4 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann 2012-06-13 12:30:15 UTC 
getting rid of value "enhancement" for field "severity".
For enhancement the field "issue type" shall be used.