https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88416
--- Comment #14 from Manu <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Coburn Ingram from comment #12) > The elephant in the room is that the LO font list is unbelievably cluttered > with a default install (using Gnome on Ubuntu). If your default is EN-US, > you get lots of fonts installed that are used in English-speaking countries > that you will never use! I am referring especially to Indic and Asian fonts. > > The solution to that problem is to metapackage Indic and Asian fonts > upstream, and only install them when a user chooses a locale where they are > used! But until Gnome/Ubuntu get their act together, LO needs to have a way > to hide font packages and metapackages. The upstream locale inadequacies > simply highlight the need for a font selection list. It is obviously useful > in other contexts. Just keep it simple! A clutter problem does not call for > a cluttered answer. Thanks. I add my thoughts: - I agree with this idea of metapackage "Language" fonts. For example, if I want to work with multiple languages in my document, I am not really interested by poor fonts without diacritics and not supporting my targeted languages. That's why if we could add in the options, a parameter saying our preferred languages, and this parameter discard or indicate which fonts are uncompatible, that would be great. - The discussion here shows it is difficult to manage the list for all good reasons. Windows poorly propose a better solution, but at least, we can mask and unmask fonts when we explore the fonts directory. If we want to make it simple, LibreOffice could only presents the fonts that are not masked. Maybe adding a parameter in the options allowing to show or hide the masked fonts. Is it possible? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
