Bug 129456

Summary: ComicSansMS font is displayed as "Comic Sans MS" font, contrary to Word
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Frederic Parrenin <frederic.parrenin>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: trivial CC: dgp-mail, himajin100000
Priority: lowest    
Version: 6.3.4.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: .docx file to reproduce the problem
.png file with screenshot of Word displaying the .docx file

Description Frederic Parrenin 2019-12-17 20:14:30 UTC 
Description:
LibreOffice substitutes the "ComicSansMS" font with the "Comic Sans MS" font.
Microsoft Office substitutes it with another font.

Steps to Reproduce:
- open the attached .docx file in LibreOffice 6.3

- open the same file in Word


Actual Results:
=> the text is displayed with the "Comic Sans MS" font

Expected Results:
=> the text should be displayed with the same font than in Word, for compatibility reason.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Comment 1 Frederic Parrenin 2019-12-17 20:15:07 UTC 
Created attachment 156634 [details]
.docx file to reproduce the problem
Comment 2 Dieter 2019-12-19 07:15:34 UTC 
In

Version: 6.5.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: e26d89371f0e4f41476c9a99be01d98dedb76776
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18362; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Language: en-GB
Calc: threaded

I only can see ComicSansMS. 

But I can't find ComicSansMS in the font list (not in Word and not in LO). I conly can find Comic Sans MS. How did you create that file?
Comment 3 Frederic Parrenin 2019-12-19 14:40:08 UTC 
This file was produced from an original .doc file containing this "ComicSansMS" font.
I agree this is somewhat a buggy file.
The question is: can LO writer do something about it?
Should it match the font substitution for Word?
Comment 4 Tony Tribble 2019-12-24 10:43:10 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 5 Timur 2019-12-24 12:18:49 UTC 
I have only Windows now and I see "Comic Sans MS" installed and in the list of fonts in MSO and LO.
You can call your fonts "whatever" and here it seems that someone typed "ComicSansMS".
LO properly shows "ComicSansMS" and that it doesn't exist so substituted.
This is trivial issue and NotABug,
Comment 6 Ming Hua 2019-12-24 14:47:02 UTC 
@Frederic: If you disagree with the NOTABUG resolution, please provide the detail about the font with which your MS Office substituted (a screenshot would be best if you don't know the detail about that font), and also the reason LibreOffice should follow MS Office on this, as "Comic Sans MS" seems a very reasonable substitution.
Comment 7 Frederic Parrenin 2020-01-02 11:55:44 UTC 
Created attachment 156900 [details]
.png file with screenshot of Word displaying the .docx file

This is how the file is displayed in MS Word.
I agree "Comic Sans MS" is a sensible font replacement, but this is not what Word does.
So we have to choose between a sensible choice, or a compatibility choice.