Linux and OpenType Fonts with AbiWord

Running Fedora Core 4 up to patch level
AbiWord 2.2.9 from Fedora Extras

When I install a TrueType font, it is available for use by AbiWord.
When I install an OpenType font, it is available to Mozilla (ie the font
face tag works) and I can view the glyphs with xfd - but the font is not
available to AbiWord.

Usually when I buy fonts, I buy the TrueType version.
However, an increasing number of fonts are only available in otf - and I
suspect that buying the otf version is going to be wiser as far as
usefulness of the fonts in years to come.

Is what I'm experiencing an AbiWord issue, or is it the font system in
Fedora that isn't properly making them available to AbiWord?

It's not that big of an issue right now, the only otf font I have (that
I don't also have ttf version of) isn't something I need to use in
AbiWord (it is "Symbol Std" from Adobe - currently only available in
otf) but I'm curious as to why AbiWord can't see it.

AbiWord does see the Symbol type1 font that is from Acrobat Reader
(assuming I put it where xft can find it) and its essentially the same
font - a few of the glyphs are in different character locations (I think
only 3 or 4), so its really not an issue, but ... I'm curious as to why
the otf font can't be seen.

otf fonts in Windows when I had a windows box seemed to work just dandy
in AbiWord, but I'm guessing the font parts of AbiWord are totally
different on Windows and Linux ...

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Received on Sun Sep 25 07:12:03 2005