https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150481
Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|Set default fonts for |Set default fonts for |Arabic |Arabic and for Farsi --- Comment #21 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Munzir Taha from comment #19) > Salaam, another native Arabic user opinion on LibreOffice on Linux > specifically. I very much appreciate all your efforts so don't take any > disagreement as personal. > > First, I am strongly against adding fonts in LibreOffice or any application > for people to use. LibO should only include a font which is essential for > its internal working or templates if there is such a thing. Mostly, that's > unnecessary and it's enough to use generic names like sans, serif, mono, .... > > Which fonts are installed and preferred by the user would be done on the > OS-level through a font management application. This approach saves space, > avoids duplication and conflicts, relieves the apps from updating fonts, > allow personal fonts and system fonts, ... > > What fonts users choose as defaults for all their applications is not the > business of each application either. It's the job of fontconfig in GNU/Linux > to handle this. There are thousands of applications and if each of > (libreoffice, inkscape, gimp, firefox, chromium, calibre ...) would include > their selection of fonts and then ask their userbase to choose a default > font for each and every language, it's a mess, and waste of time and > resources. Why would a Japanese user has Arabic fonts in his system against > his willing and vice versa. Currently I use LibO in ArchLinux which is > wisely built using --without-fonts. I am not sure what's the current > fallback mechanism. If it's hardcoded then this is a bug that should be > fixed by using aliases. > > (In reply to خالد حسني from comment #14) > > (KACST knows nothing about them and I had no luck finding > > anyone who knows anything about them > > Actually, I know a lot about those fonts. I was working with KACST during > that time. I know most of the people involved but this is 15 years ago! The > fonts served a good purpose at that time and one of the first which are > bundled with distros. Currently, the situation, the experience and the tools > are much better so no need to waste time reviving them and I definitely > agree with you to drop them, but also the rest. > > (In reply to Waleed Mortaja from comment #15) > > Unfortunately, The number of Arabic users of libreoffice is not very high to > > begin with, at least in my environment. Can you provide me with links for > > the libreoffice Arabic communities? > > Because LibO still has some serious and annoying issues. When users choose a > font explicitly, LibO ignores it (issue #62063), and we are discussing what > to choose for the user ;) . Also, none of the fonts here are good enough for > any serious publishing but that is another story. The point is we need to > work on these issues before people would take it seriously. Someone should > hire Khaled Hosney for a 1-year contract full time and he can fix them all > inshallah ;) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
