Bug 103342 (Font-Substitution) - [META] Font substitution bugs and enhancements
Summary: [META] Font substitution bugs and enhancements
Status: NEW
Alias: Font-Substitution
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
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Depends on: 43185 61134 63011 64509 78186 94327 96872 100900 104667 105318 107484 108243 113007 115924 115946 120131 129367 134761 135602 141222 146291 148039 153158 158261 159950 161943 162928 31072 47230 55255 68880 80812 87532 88438 89246 90554 90842 91004 94203 98989 102739 102914 103514 103664 107487 107612 108417 113176 114844 115944 118411 127147 130181 138857 145563 150403 151010 152439 152765 153440 154753 155276 157415 158589
Blocks: Fonts
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Reported: 2016-10-20 03:03 UTC by Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
Modified: 2024-09-12 13:19 UTC (History)
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Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-10-20 03:03:23 UTC 

    


    


      



        
          Comment 1
        

        
          Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)

        

        
        

        
          2016-10-20 03:04:14 UTC
        

      






Font substitution is a major issue for document fidelity, so it definitely deserves a meta bug.

Indication and Information
Bug 61134 - Font substitute name should appear in the font combobox and tooltip
Bug 78186 - Show infobar that fonts are missing and list their substitutes
Bug 96872 - Make it more obvious that a font has been substituted

Substitution Table
Bug 64509 - CONFIGURATION: Enhance Font Substitution Table 
Bug 91004 - 'Tms Rmn' font should be substituted for Times New Roman or Liberation Serif
Bug 98650 - Fira Mono fonts poor replacement font metrics
Bug 55255 - SchuDruck1 font not substituted correctly

    


    


      



        
          Comment 2
        

        
          Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)

        

        
        

        
          2016-12-18 09:59:24 UTC
        

      






How we plan to deal with various aspects of font substitution.

https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/10/21/dealing-with-missing-fonts/

    


    


      



        
          Comment 3
        

        
          Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)

        

        
        

        
          2016-12-18 10:04:40 UTC
        

      






The google doc that was used to create the blog post in comment 2 that has addition details that wasnt published.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mbs-NW_w8lczMyMwUl5Uc0GYuhFK_KE6g7NASZBnIM0/edit?usp=sharing