https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96872

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--- Comment #31 from Tex2002ans <[email protected]> ---
Yes, I agree with solutions 1 and 2 in Comment #12.

For example, a Unicode character like:

- ⚠ = U+26A0 = WARNING SIGN

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So, let's say you open a document with a missing font.

The font dropdown would now show:

- ⚠ Times New Roman

where:

- The symbol is added right before missing name.
- (The font name is still in italics too.)

(So it's exactly like the way it is now, just the 1 character added in front!
Hopefully making it more visible or show "something is wrong" here!)

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USER STORY

I stumbled across this a few days ago when:

- Someone I know said their "document was broken".
--- It was labels/addresses they printed years ago.
--- They haven't touched the ODT files in a while, and have gotten a new
computer since.
- I lead them through transferring all old fonts from their old OS to their new
OS.

Then:

- THEM: "LibreOffice is still broken. Word is broken too."
- ME: "What's the exact issue?"
- THEM: "The document doesn't look like it did a few years ago."
- ME: "Click on the problem line. Look at the font dropdown. What does it say?
Is the name in italics?"
--- This "italics" is completely hidden, "secret knowledge" that no normal user
would ever know.
- THEM: "It says [NameOfCursiveFontHere]."
- ME: [Looks up font name online.]
--- I link them to it.
- ME: "Is this the font?"
- THEM: "Yep!"
--- Me (Thinking): You didn't have the font installed... So you must've not had
it installed on your old OS too...

Anyway, more visible, but still simple—like "⚠ Name Of Cursive Font"—might make
the common user notice... then might even be able to:

- Point that out at Step 1 instead.
- Debug it themselves.
--- "Oh yes, silly me. Let me go look up that font name."

An optional yellow/red "warning" background would just be extra icing on top...
but the ⚠ would be a step in the right direction.

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