[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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remains an issue

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in
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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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--- Comment #4 from Mike Kaganski  ---
Posted a patch to gerrit: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/28677

I managed to avoid using external fonts as source of absent glyphs, using and
modifying OpenSymbol's own glyphs.

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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--- Comment #3 from Mike Kaganski  ---
It's not that straightforward to fix the font substitution.
The actual used font is selected in ImplFontCache::GetFontInstance() and
PhysicalFontCollection::FindFontFamily(). The latter performs several steps,
and on my system, it finds OpenSymbol as Symbol's replacement at
rFontSubst.getSubstInfo( aSearchName ). There, it searches for exact match of
searched name in sorted list. If it wouldn't find OpenSymbol here, e.g. by
explicit break for Symbol search, then PhysicalFontCollection::FindFontFamily()
will use next method: for symbol fonts, it uses LO configuration
org.openoffice.VCL:LocalizedDefaultFonts['lang'].SYMBOL, that is a list of
fonts: on my system, it is StarSymbol;OpenSymbol;Arial Unicode MS;StarBats;Zapf
Dingbats;WingDings;Symbol. If I add e.g. Standard Symbols L to the head of the
list, then "it works".

To fix it properly, I think, two things are necessary:
1. To update OpenSymbol (that is LO native font, and so it must support the
necessary glyphs itself, instead of hoping that some system font will happen to
have those). I wonder if just copying those glyphs from Standard Symbols L is
OK? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostscript, the font is either
GPL or AFPL.
2. The first step alone if not a proper fix: if user installs a font with a
name that will intercept the search in the above-mentioned algorithm, then
OpenSymbol won't be selected. So, some hardcoding may be necessary.

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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Mike Kaganski  changed:

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   See Also||https://bugs.documentfounda
   ||tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39
   ||256

--- Comment #2 from Mike Kaganski  ---
This problem is described as #6 in bug 39256.
As that bug looks more like a meta-bug for tracking WMF-related problems, I add
it as "See Also" and will work on it here.

Further analysis shows that my previous statements need correction.
1. Always using 1252 doesn't work for Windows; I must had been dreaming when
wrote that it worked under Win10. So, the only way to fix this by selecting
encoding is conditional compilation (symbol charset for Windows, 1252 for
Linux).
2. OpenSymbol doesn't contain necessary glyphs for brackets/braces/parentheses.
Standard Symbols L actually does. When Symbol font encoding is set to 1252,
Standard Symbols L is used by LO, while for symbol encoding, OpenSymbol is
used, with recoding using utilities from unotools/source/misc/fontcvt.cxx. I
see preferable way to fix this by enabling LO to substitute Standard Symbols L
for Symbol font when symbol charset is used.
3. MT Extra problem mentioned above (and in bug 39256 #6) is fixed by using
symbol encoding, works both for Windows and Linux (MacOS isn't tested).

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 101889] Using OpenSymbol font with proper codepage in Linux

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Aron Budea  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW
 CC||mikekagan...@hotmail.com
 Depends on||99402
 Ever confirmed|0   |1
 OS|All |Linux (All)

--- Comment #1 from Aron Budea  ---
Mike, thanks for your analysis in bug 99402, here's the new bug report as
requested. Please adjust component if a different one is more suitable.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99402
[Bug 99402] FORMATTING_Black question mark for Mathtype symbols (Brackets)
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