Description: Since my manual update from Libreoffice 2018 to 2021 (version 7.2.2.2), I can no longer not highlight "Arial black" in bold. Steps to Reproduce: 1. select "Arial Black" 2. mark bold 3. Actual Results: Arial Black (Standard) Expected Results: Arial Black (bold) Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: none
Hi, Reproduced in Version: 7.2.2.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 02b2acce88a210515b4a5bb2e46cbfb63fe97d56 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); UI: fr-FR Calc: CL Something similar with other polices like Verdana is exported as Arial. See attached document for the Verdana/arial case.
Created attachment 178293 [details] Test case with Verdana
Created attachment 178294 [details] PDF result when exporting test case
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I'm a little confused as I feel like the actual results and expected results you provided may be flipped around. From my testing, I noticed that Arial Black is bold no matter what I did, if that was the bug, then the bug still persists, if not I can't seem to reproduce it. Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Did you mean: Actual results: Arial Black (Bold) Expected Results: Arial Black (Standard)
I also wanted to add that I think this is how Arial Black is supposed to look?
I am now using Libre Office 6.07 (I can't bold "Arial Black" there either). I had problems with Libre Office Calc, which kept crashing after the last update. I can therefore no longer say whether the bug has been fixed. Sorry about that.(In reply to wjsim from comment #5) > I'm a little confused as I feel like the actual results and expected results > you provided may be flipped around. > > From my testing, I noticed that Arial Black is bold no matter what I did, if > that was the bug, then the bug still persists, if not I can't seem to > reproduce it. > > Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community > Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac > CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: > win > Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US > Calc: CL threaded > > Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community > Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac > CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: > win > Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US > Calc: CL threaded > > Did you mean: > > Actual results: > Arial Black (Bold) > > Expected Results: > Arial Black (Standard) No. I wanted to highlight "Arial Black" in bold. And that no longer worked.
I am now using Libre Office 6.07 (I can't bold "Arial Black" there either). I had problems with Libre Office Calc, which kept crashing after the last update. I can therefore no longer say whether the bug has been fixed. Sorry about that.
This bug has been reported about something with "Arial black" as bold font. Then it has been changed to a report about fonts in form controls. Reading the title there should be also something about radio buttons. Such a confusing bug-thread could never been solved.
Valid, but believe this is by design for PDF form *export*. [1] See bug 50879 regards project use of "built-in" PDF standard fonts for "fillable" forms. For fillable fields on *export to PDF* a "best font" is chosen. Verdana (or Arial Black) goes to Helvetica which PDF viewers routinely change to Arial Serif/Roman goes to Times Roman As compared to printing the PDF (e.g. with MS Print to PDF, or a ghostscript based printer) which will leave the Verdana (and presumably the Arial Black of OP) of the source ODF document intact. @Miklos ? =-ref-= [1] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/99032
Going to => NAB this. Dev choice to avoid impact on PDF size with imbedding full fonts. Using the PDF "standard" fonts for form fields avoids bloated PDFs.
See also bug 14553 open for UI providing some notice about use of the 14 "standard" PDF fonts.
> @Miklos ? Right, I have nothing to add. We get a font which is definitely there and this means we can't always use the requested font as-is. Hard to have both at the same time. :-)
@olivier.hallot Could we mention
Hi, I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of a solution, it creates a bad user experience and users always blame free software, not proprietary software. Is bloated pdf a topic in 2024 ? Tricks like choosing the best font always lead to unpredictable results. What is the best font and what are the criteria? Could the 14 standard export fonts be mentioned in the documentation?