https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103080
Bug ID: 103080 Summary: A new default set of bundled fonts Product: LibreOffice Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Master Hardware: All OS: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: needsUXEval Severity: enhancement Priority: medium Component: LibreOffice Assignee: libreoffice-b...@lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: philip...@hotmail.com CC: f...@libreoffice.org, khaledho...@eglug.org, libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org, qui...@gmail.com, rb.hensc...@t-online.de I've been researching our current bundled fonts and think its time to do some cleanup. Step 1 - Removals ================= The current font bundle takes up 42.5 MB and 45% (19.2 MB) of it is taken up by the Linux Biolinum G, Linux Libertine Display G, and Linux Libertine G fonts and think they should be the first to go as they takes up way to much space, they arent highly used fonts, and Khaled Hosney mentioned that "they are unmaintained, and of limited value if we move to have OpenType features everywhere." The next thing on the chopping block would be the second largest font collection that takes up 22% (9.2 MB), Deja Vu. This Bitstream Vera derivative which has been around since OOo 2.4 is still being updated, but only has had 5 revisions since LO was created and has limited language support (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, Georgian). If letting go complete of Deja Vu isnt agreed upon, then I'd suggest we reduce its size by 45% (to 5.1 MB) by removing the Condensed and ExtraLight versions. Step 2 - Replacements ===================== In order to eliminate bundling similar and/or derivative fonts, we can substitute less useful fonts with others, similar to when Bitstream Vera was replaced by DejaVu. Open Sans resembled Droid Sans and has limited language support (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic) and doesnt have a serif equivalent that we can bundle. So we should replace this with the Droid derivative Noto font family, which has both sans and serif and unlimited language support, but i would suggest limiting the languages to what is covered in Deja Vu to begin with, which would take up 3.1 MB. (Tomaz and Adolfo both recommended this in bug 91150) Step 3 - Additions ================== With the removals and replacements, the fonts now take up ~16 MB and we can begin not only adding english fonts but open source fonts for languages we previously didnt support through our bundled fonts. I will include addition suggestions in follow up comments on the bug report once my research has completed. ----------------- My research is being done with others in the community on Google Drive and here are links to the various spreadsheets that are being working on. You are welcome to contribute if you'd like. :D Bundled Fonts - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hHMR8QDVExlmc2iumQMAb5bW6XvoY_4uOB38TQYY6aw/edit?usp=sharing Arabic / CTL Fonts - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lnu3Kue9wjmEIwFQHfiBI9MwkAbZ8xmObUHRe072gAI/edit?usp=sharing CJK Fonts - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1syemK75H5NvxyzxWRmxaTCPDuv0pfZc8_yS0VCk-VYI/edit?usp=sharing -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list Libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-ux-advise