[X4U] Substitue to Word: TextEdit, NeoOffice and AbiWord, about fonts

[Germain M.]

> Hello,
>
> Thanks to all for giving me some information abour NeoOffice and  
> what I see as his Windows look and feel. I know more about  
> crossplatform programs like this one.
>
> In my search for a Word X replacement, I also got AbiWord. So  
> NeoOffice and AbiWord could fill my needs. But there is something  
> very special about how they manage fonts and TextEdit too. Here is  
> the problem -is it one?- and I will gladly welcome your hints and  
> comments.
>
> Ini those three programs, in some fonts like Geneva (by the way  
> what is Geneva CY), Tahoma and Courrier and so many others, bold is  
> not available, nor is italic. Give the command and nothing happens.  
> Word X (not Word from Office 2004) doesn't have this problem. Could  
> it be this video failure in some early iMac G5 like mine for which  
> Apple has an extended warranty plan? Font corruption? I'm really  
> amazed by this and I don,t know from where to start.
>
> Thanks again a million times
>
> Germain
>
>
> iMac G5/1.8 mhz/512 ram
> Tiger 10.4.2 français