https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145967
Bug ID: 145967
Summary: An infobar should notify user that some embedded fonts
couldn't be used because of license restrictions
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 176595
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Embedded Bebas Neue font (2010), restricted
This issue is based on a today's real-life question on IRC, started with:
> Guest88: Hi! I have a question about embeding fonts. ODT and OTT files with
> fonts don't show up on machine without this fonts.
> Guest88: any idea whats wrong ?
The sample file that the user provided (see attachment) contained embedded
fonts, including Bebas Neue; however, on my system (where this font was
absent), the file didn't use the embedded font for text rendering.
The issue was that the embedded font had restricted licensing rights, that got
detected in EmbeddedFontsHelper::sufficientTTFRights, and loading the file was
(rightfully) rejected.
However, there's no way for user to know that. It looks as if LibreOffice
doesn't work correctly.
The proposal is to implement an infobar, that would tell something like "some
fonts embedded in the document couldn't be loaded due to restricted licensing
rights".
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