https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167563

V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           See Also|                            |https://bz.apache.org/ooo/s
                   |                            |how_bug.cgi?id=89682,
                   |                            |https://bz.apache.org/ooo/s
                   |                            |how_bug.cgi?id=118600

--- Comment #9 from V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Khaled Hosny from comment #8)
> The new fonts are not metrically compatible with the old ones and they use
> different font names, so replacing them with the new fonts will break
> existing documents that use the old fonts.
> 
> Since I don’t think LibreOffice should be a font distribution platform, I’d
> advice against including new font families. If people are bothered with the
> old fonts, then we should drop them. The less fonts that LibreOffice
> distributes, the best.

Fair enough, +1 for a simple removal (unless there is *great* objection, and
strong justification to retain it for it OTF feature support).

Looking at its history over on the AOO Bugzilla i89682, they were included more
as a demonstration font. And it initially wasn't even under OFL, though our
later builds are.  

But it would need a release note, with a suggestion for users to pick up
current Gentium and Gentium Book family builds from SIL directly.

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