LibreOffice 2.5 still installs Gentium Basic (2013) and Gentium Book Basic (2013) during setup. These versions aren’t maintained since 2013. They are now called Gentium and Gentium Book, (‘Basic’ doesn’t exist anymore), see version history https://software.sil.org/gentium/download/previous-versions/ The current version of these fonts is 7.00 - june 2025: https://software.sil.org/gentium/release-7-000/ In my PC install script I install the current Gentium and Gentium Book fonts, but after LibreOffice install I also get these old ‘basic’ fonts which I then remove by the same script. So I would like to see that LO stops installing the old Gentium Basic fonts or - if they are required for font conversion, update them to the current version.
LibreOffice 25.2.5 that must be of course.
+1 Had thought that Gentium Basic and Gentium Book deployed by LibreOffice were extended with Graphite SmartFont table support [1]. Not the case, just the OTF SmartFont table support as provided by the Gentium font designers. The more recent Gentium/Gentium Book releases doubtless have additional OTF SmartFont support and chould probably be bundled, at the least the legacy Gentium Basic, Gentium Book Basic in external/more_fonts should be dropped. =-ref-= [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Smart_font_optional_features_for_Graphite_and_OpenType_fonts
What happens next? Will this issue be adresed in the near future? Is someone looking into these bundled old fonts in LibreOffice to update them maybe?
these versions have not been maintained. They are now known as Gentium and Gentium Book; the term "Basic" is no longer used; refer to the version history. https://software.sil.org/gentium/download/previous-versions/ https://geometrydash-2.bitbucket.io