https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161943
Bug ID: 161943
Summary: Offer download of metric equivalents of missing fonts
from relevant online sources (dynamically, after
installation)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.2.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
This is a further enhancement over the enhancement proposed in bug 159950: Some
fonts can't be offered for free download due to copyright law; but of these,
some have known metric equivalents, which may not look the same, but when used
- will result in a document with almost-identical, or identical, layout.
Prominent examples are the Liberation typefaces: Liberation Serif, Sans and
Mono, which have the same metrics as Times New Roman, Arial and Courier New.
The latter used to be the default fonts used in Microsoft Office, until 2007.
We actually bundle these same-metric fonts, but obviously we're not going to
bundle metric equivalents for _all_ popular typefaces of all office suites /
typesetting software.
So, if we're already offering downloads of fonts - why not offer
metric-equivalents for typefaces when we have only them, rather than the font
itself?
Note that, if we do this, we could even decide to drop some of our bundled font
files in favor of later dynamic download when they're actually needed.
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