https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126883

--- Comment #9 from Kay <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to mroe from comment #8)
> (In reply to Kay from comment #7)
> > (In reply to mroe from comment #6)
> > > But I see the problem: Why is there no warning for not installed fonts?
> > > It is a long time wish of mine, that the font listbox shows me if a font 
> > > is
> > > installed or not (maybe with an other colour or a coloured background).
> > 
> > Are you saying you want AOO to give a warning that a document which is
> > specifying a font which is NOT installed on the user's system should tell
> > the user that the font used in the document is not available?
> 
> Yes. The user expect the same visual result if one export the document as
> PDF whether a font is embedded or not.
> 
> So there are 2 choices: AOO embeds the used available font with a warning or
> it embeds nothing (and exports nothing) with the warning that the user
> should disable embedding or reformat the document with available fonts.
> 
> But for the last point the user needs a visual hint that a used font is not
> installed. (I have searched whether there exists an issue for that. But it
> seems that I have sent this wish long time ago to StarDivision/Sun.)

This MAY be possible but we would need to ascertain difficulty. Many
applications work in much this same way -- attempting to find the "closest"
match for a non-available font,.  

In any case, there is an outdated, though still useful wiki page that delves
into this very issue. The page could use some updates. I think this situation
might apply to more platforms and not just *nix.

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Font-FAQ#What_is_Font_Fallback_in_OpenOffice.org_2.3F

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