https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104701
--- Comment #14 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Bruce Byfield from comment #13)
> The decision to drop support for Type 1 fonts must have been made by someone
> who isn't a designer.
> ...
>
> Please reconsider this decision.
Why? PS Type 1 font conversion is trivial, and most Adobe PS Type 1 was
converted years ago and is distributed as TTF/OTF already. Little new PS Type 1
since the mid-90's with advent of TTF/OTF, industry moved on.
Would expect any serious "designer" needing to retain library of archival 20+
year old Type 1 fonts would have done conversions some time ago if only for
convenience of being compatible with workflows using TTF/OTF.
As a cross-platform project, getting consistent HarfBuzz based layout in place
(and working correctly with OpenGL) is a lot more important than legacy support
for that corner case of users still dragging deprecated PS Type 1 fonts around.
At this phase in LibreOffice development, no support in HarfBuzz means simply
no support in LibreOffice--accordingly PS Type 1 is out. And this remains a
clear WONTFIX.
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