Bug 89563 - fonts not usable in Ubuntu 14.10 LibO Writer
Summary: fonts not usable in Ubuntu 14.10 LibO Writer
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.3.2.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2015-02-22 14:55 UTC by E.Tremel
Modified: 2017-07-27 12:02 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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LibreOffice Writer cannot use these two fonts (13.88 KB, image/jpeg)
2015-02-22 14:55 UTC, E.Tremel
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in LibreOffice (13.88 KB, image/jpeg)
2015-02-28 20:52 UTC, E.Tremel
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abiword and libreOffice (13.88 KB, image/jpeg)
2015-02-28 20:57 UTC, E.Tremel
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in Abiword (10.42 KB, image/jpeg)
2015-03-01 14:21 UTC, Buovjaga
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shows itself (14.48 KB, image/png)
2015-03-02 09:47 UTC, E.Tremel
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shows itself (28.70 KB, image/png)
2015-03-02 09:50 UTC, E.Tremel
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shows itself (13.67 KB, image/png)
2015-03-02 09:52 UTC, E.Tremel
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shows itself (29.01 KB, image/png)
2015-03-02 09:53 UTC, E.Tremel
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shows itself (14.48 KB, image/png)
2015-03-02 09:55 UTC, E.Tremel
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Description E.Tremel 2015-02-22 14:55:17 UTC
Created attachment 113604 [details]
LibreOffice Writer cannot use these two fonts

The fonts
"Ahuramazdanew" and "AhuramazdaPlusTranslit"
are to be used in LibreOffice only in
Microsoft's operating systems Windows XP and Windows 8.1
but not in Ubuntu versions, e.g. in Ubuntu 14.10.
AbiWord in Ubuntu 14.10 however does use these two fonts
"Ahuramazdanew" and "AhuramazdaPlusTranslit".

I think there must be something like a bug in Ubuntu's LibreOffice versions?

Please cf. the screenshots
"in AbiWord.jpeg" and
"in LibreOffice.jpeg"

Regards,
Ernst Tremel
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2015-02-22 22:50:54 UTC
On which LO version are you in both envs?
Comment 2 E.Tremel 2015-02-23 08:57:30 UTC
Version: 4.3.3.2
Build-ID: 430m0(Build:2)
Comment 3 Julien Nabet 2015-02-23 08:59:24 UTC
Thank you for your feedback, I put it back to UNCONFIRMED.
Comment 4 E.Tremel 2015-02-23 16:25:51 UTC
In addition to this description:
On my homepage
http://www.skytower.org/~ernstjtremel/Ahuramazda/AvestanToLatinAndViceversa.htm
I made two Macros
http://www.skytower.org/~ernstjtremel/Ahuramazda/Makro-AnleitungTAB.pdf
a) one for for transforming Avesten script into LatinTranscription script 
b) the other for transforming LatinTranscription into Avestan script.

Both are working fine in OpenOffice Writer.
But only Macro b) is working in LibreOffice Writer Version: 4.3.3.2
Build-ID: 430m0(Build:2) wheras Macro a) is not working in
LibreOffice Writer Version: 4.3.3.2 Build-ID: 430m0(Build:2).
The reason is that LibreOffice Writer Version: 4.3.3.2
Build-ID: 430m0(Build:2) cannot handle the font "AhuramazdaPlusTranslit".
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2015-02-28 09:52:07 UTC
Where is the Abiword screenshot? How exactly does the problem manifest itself?

I installed the fonts in Win & Ubuntu:
http://www.skytower.org/~ernstjtremel/Ahuramazda/Ahuramazda-Avestan-Font-1.zip
MitAvestanAhuramazdaPlusTranslit.ttf from here:
http://www.skytower.org/~ernstjtremel/Ahuramazda/AvestplusTranscrFonts.zip

In your page I didn't find Ahuramazdanew, btw. or AhuramazdaPlusTranslit without mitavestan in the front.

In Ubuntu, I could do Insert - Special character just great.

In Win, I inserted chars, but some of them did not show or showed a rectangle, but I guess I'm lacking some Windows character pack or something.

Please add a new report for your macro problem. Thanks.

Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided more information.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, LibO Version: 4.4.1.2
Build ID: 45e2de17089c24a1fa810c8f975a7171ba4cd432
Locale: fi_FI

Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit
Version: 4.4.1.2
Build ID: 40m0(Build:2)
Locale: en_US
Comment 6 E.Tremel 2015-02-28 20:52:15 UTC
Created attachment 113780 [details]
in LibreOffice
Comment 7 E.Tremel 2015-02-28 20:56:00 UTC
"Ahuramazdanew" is not yet published.
But
"AhuramazdaPlusTranslit" may be found and downloaded at
http://www.skytower.org/~ernstjtremel/Ahuramazda/AvestanToLatinAndViceversa.htm



Concerning Avestan display in different operating systems you may resd the following 
text (cf. below uder (*) 
and it's discussion at
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/15190304-467c-4a02-8ff0-2ae69109430f/windows-and-unicode-display-hex10000-ff?forum=windbg


(*)
Display of fonts with glyphs of Unicode ranges from hex-10000 upwards.
(Example glyphs of Unicode ranges from hex-10b00 to hex-10b3f (Avestan)
and from hex-10b78 to hex-10b7f (Inscriptional Pahlavi))

Are they been displayed correctly in Microsoft features like Word or managed in Keyboard Layout Creator?
If so where?

In Unicode Code Charts-7.0.0 there are many glyphs from ranges hex-10000 (Linear B Syllabary)
up to hex-e01ef (Variation Selectors Supplement).

If so in which features are they worked out e.g. in Word or Keyboard Layout Creator etc.?

As far as I can see the above mentioned problems are not yet solved neither in Windows 8.1
nor in the newest version of Windows 10.

What's the matter? Why these difficulties with these Unicode Code ranges?

In Ubuntu versions there are no problems!!!?

Do Tavultesoft Keyboard Layouts support these above described Unicode ranges ?
E.g. Keyboards for Avestan, Inscriptional Pahlavi, Linear B Syllabary so on?


Does Office 365 support these above described Unicode ranges ?
E.g. Keyboards for Avestan, Inscriptional Pahlavi, Linear B Syllabary so on?

The fonts
"Ahuramazdanew" and "AhuramazdaPlusTranslit"
are to be used in LibreOffice only in
Microsoft's operating systems Windows XP and Windows 8.1
but not in Ubuntu versions, e.g. in Ubuntu 14.10.
AbiWord in Ubuntu 14.10 however does use these two fonts
"Ahuramazdanew" and "AhuramazdaPlusTranslit".

I think there must be something like a bug in Ubuntu's LibreOffice versions?

Please cf. the screenshots
"in AbiWord.jpeg" and
"in LibreOffice.jpeg"

Regards,
Ernst Tremel


in AbiWord.jpeg
a

in LibreOffice.jpeg
lo
Comment 8 E.Tremel 2015-02-28 20:57:24 UTC
Created attachment 113781 [details]
abiword and libreOffice
Comment 9 Buovjaga 2015-03-01 14:21:46 UTC
Created attachment 113795 [details]
in Abiword
Comment 10 Buovjaga 2015-03-01 19:27:03 UTC
I still do not understand the problem.
Are you unable to insert the glyphs as special characters in Ubuntu?

Please explain how we can reproduce the problem in clear steps.
Comment 12 Buovjaga 2015-03-02 06:00:59 UTC
(In reply to E.Tremel from comment #11)
> please read this and you will understand the Problem
> 
> 
> https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/15190304-467c-
> 4a02-8ff0-2ae69109430f/windows-and-unicode-display-hex10000-ff?forum=windbg

That's about Windows and not about the title of this report: "fonts not usable in Ubuntu 14.10 LibreOffice Writer"
Comment 13 E.Tremel 2015-03-02 09:47:18 UTC
Created attachment 113815 [details]
shows itself
Comment 14 E.Tremel 2015-03-02 09:50:52 UTC
Created attachment 113816 [details]
shows itself
Comment 15 E.Tremel 2015-03-02 09:52:13 UTC
Created attachment 113817 [details]
shows itself
Comment 16 E.Tremel 2015-03-02 09:53:41 UTC
Created attachment 113818 [details]
shows itself
Comment 17 E.Tremel 2015-03-02 09:55:13 UTC
Created attachment 113819 [details]
shows itself
Comment 18 E.Tremel 2015-03-02 09:57:17 UTC
pleaase have a look at these four attachments and you will see that LibreOffice Writer cannot show and handle the fots neither "Ahuramzdanew" nor "AhuramzdaPlus Translit"
Comment 19 Julien Nabet 2015-03-02 10:48:15 UTC
Caolan: thought you might be interested in this bugtracker since it concerns font rendering problems
Comment 20 Buovjaga 2015-03-02 12:09:34 UTC
Ok, setting back to UNCONFIRMED. No comments from me.
Comment 21 Joel Madero 2015-04-25 21:53:52 UTC
Please don't set your own priority - this was horribly over prioritized. Critical bugs are saved for major crashes and serious data loss. This does not qualify.
Comment 22 tommy27 2016-12-21 15:37:15 UTC
please give an update of the bug status with latest LibO 5.2.3.3

set status to UNCONFIRMED if bug is still present or RESOLVED WORKSFORME if bug is gone.

NEEDINFO until then
Comment 23 QA Administrators 2017-06-28 12:37:11 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 24 QA Administrators 2017-07-27 12:02:57 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)