https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84087
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 84087
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: UI: Default font for Chinese (Simplified) l10n is not
good for GUI.
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Whiteboard: BSA
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.2.1.1 release
Component: Localization
Product: LibreOffice
Created attachment 106542
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What SimSun looks like on OS X.
Problem description:
The current default font for LibreOffice Chinese UI, SimSun, is extremely bad
for displaying.
SimSun has a lot of characteristics that made it a bad choice for UI,
especially for HI-DPI devices and newer Windows with ClearType and Microsoft
YaHei:
1. SimSun is a serif font. Using it for the UI looks really strange.
2. SimSun is a monospace font. Looks strange, too.
3. SimSun works well only with the sizes included in its bitmap, and even that
kind of 'works well' is not satisfactory compared to sans-serif fonts. (I don't
have a copy of Windows XP now, but perhaps I will upload an image of SimSun's
bitmap in wine later. The rendering in OS X wine by default looks quite like
Windows XP's.)
4. There are alternatives for SimSun on all these platforms. Just using the
default UI font can be better.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Just Open LibreOffice.
Current behavior:
Using Simsun.
Expected behavior:
Use some sans-serif fonts with some kinds of fallback, or just follow system
default.
Operating System: All
Version: 4.2.1.1 release
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