https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161943
--- Comment #5 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1) > Liberation, Croscore, Croscore-extra fonts have served us well. But as can > be seen on this Wikipedia listing [1] the FOSS font scape is pretty sparse. > Meaning, users needing specific *commercial* fonts will continue to be on > their own to procure for individual use or depending on business licensing. It's true that the FOSS fontscape is sparse, but - there is still too much for us to bundle, even if we limit ourselves to just metric-equivalents. > That does not change whether TDF/LO hosts or provides links/extension--which > as has been noted incurs considerable support burden. So not clear there is > any real advantage to this enhancement. Let's consider the metric equivalents we know about so far. How often have locations for these fonts changed? How often have new ones been added? IIANM, years go by with no changes. One just has to add a unit test to check the links. > Of more immediate concern for cross-office program interoperability is > emergent need for a metrically equivalent font to ... Aptos That's certainly very important, but I wouldn't say that detracts from the relevance of this bug. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
