RE: IBM Plex font
>From my earlier thoughts: Can we get to all the Google fonts via internet when >the internet is available? Howard Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Matthias Seidel<mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 11:51 AM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org<mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org> Subject: Re: IBM Plex font Well, IBM Legal just pulled the Apache License: https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-414718805 Still it is a nice font and I like the idea of creating an extension. Regards, Matthias Am 13.08.2018 um 18:35 schrieb Matthias Seidel: > Am 11.08.2018 um 17:13 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: >> On 10/08/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote: >>> Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: >>>> On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: >>>>> I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? >>>>> [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ >>>>> >>>> My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by >>>> adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts >>>> installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be >>>> downloaded for free. >>> OK, point taken. >> It could still be a good exercise to add it to trunk as a test, so >> that we can check what the size increase actually is and revisit that >> part of OpenOffice. Then, if there is no special benefit and the size >> increase is too much, we can always remove it, but I see some value >> (meaning: some knowledge gain) in trying even if in the end we decide >> not to keep it. > That would be a Category A font? > I will try to include it in one of my "personal" builds... > > Regards, >Matthias > >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> >> - >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >
Re: IBM Plex font
Well, IBM Legal just pulled the Apache License: https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-414718805 Still it is a nice font and I like the idea of creating an extension. Regards, Matthias Am 13.08.2018 um 18:35 schrieb Matthias Seidel: > Am 11.08.2018 um 17:13 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: >> On 10/08/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote: >>> Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? > [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ > My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be downloaded for free. >>> OK, point taken. >> It could still be a good exercise to add it to trunk as a test, so >> that we can check what the size increase actually is and revisit that >> part of OpenOffice. Then, if there is no special benefit and the size >> increase is too much, we can always remove it, but I see some value >> (meaning: some knowledge gain) in trying even if in the end we decide >> not to keep it. > That would be a Category A font? > I will try to include it in one of my "personal" builds... > > Regards, > Matthias > >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> >> - >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: IBM Plex font
Hi Jonathan, Am 14.08.2018 um 19:30 schrieb toki: > On 2018-08-09 7:15 p.m., Howard Cary Morris wrote: > >> It would seem to me that we should limit fonts to those on the user’s >> computer plus those we can load from google (provided the internet is up). >> That would be simplest with least overhead. (Any other font available via >> internet would also be OK.) Drawback, if when the user re-edits the file, >> the internet or site is down might cause some problems. > One of the virtues of extensions, is that they can be constructed to > automatically install fonts that can be utilised by AOo. As such, why > not create an extension for this, or any other font that is proposed. +1 for building an extension. Regards, Matthias > > The biggest issue with extensions delivering fonts, is that font > families can be huge. NoTo Font Family clocks in at just under 1.1 GB in > size. Granted, this is an exception, because it attempts to cover every > glyph in Unicode 6.0 (I say attempts to, because some glyphs in Unicode > 6.0 are arguably missing.) > > jonathon > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
RE: IBM Plex font
Reasonable. During installation we could suggest installing fonts with the choice of a) yes, b) no, or c) customize (choose from a list of fonts to install). Drawbacks: May slow down installation if user doesn’t see the message. May draw suspicion from user we are trying to install something they did’t ask for. Hmm, it might be better to put choice on download page. Howard From: toki Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 12:30:02 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: IBM Plex font On 2018-08-09 7:15 p.m., Howard Cary Morris wrote: > It would seem to me that we should limit fonts to those on the user’s > computer plus those we can load from google (provided the internet is up). > That would be simplest with least overhead. (Any other font available via > internet would also be OK.) Drawback, if when the user re-edits the file, the > internet or site is down might cause some problems. One of the virtues of extensions, is that they can be constructed to automatically install fonts that can be utilised by AOo. As such, why not create an extension for this, or any other font that is proposed. The biggest issue with extensions delivering fonts, is that font families can be huge. NoTo Font Family clocks in at just under 1.1 GB in size. Granted, this is an exception, because it attempts to cover every glyph in Unicode 6.0 (I say attempts to, because some glyphs in Unicode 6.0 are arguably missing.) jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
On 2018-08-09 7:15 p.m., Howard Cary Morris wrote: > It would seem to me that we should limit fonts to those on the user’s > computer plus those we can load from google (provided the internet is up). > That would be simplest with least overhead. (Any other font available via > internet would also be OK.) Drawback, if when the user re-edits the file, the > internet or site is down might cause some problems. One of the virtues of extensions, is that they can be constructed to automatically install fonts that can be utilised by AOo. As such, why not create an extension for this, or any other font that is proposed. The biggest issue with extensions delivering fonts, is that font families can be huge. NoTo Font Family clocks in at just under 1.1 GB in size. Granted, this is an exception, because it attempts to cover every glyph in Unicode 6.0 (I say attempts to, because some glyphs in Unicode 6.0 are arguably missing.) jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
Am 11.08.2018 um 17:13 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > On 10/08/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote: >> Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: >>> On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ >>> My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by >>> adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts >>> installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be >>> downloaded for free. >> >> OK, point taken. > > It could still be a good exercise to add it to trunk as a test, so > that we can check what the size increase actually is and revisit that > part of OpenOffice. Then, if there is no special benefit and the size > increase is too much, we can always remove it, but I see some value > (meaning: some knowledge gain) in trying even if in the end we decide > not to keep it. That would be a Category A font? I will try to include it in one of my "personal" builds... Regards, Matthias > > Regards, > Andrea. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: IBM Plex font
Hi Carl, Am 11.08.2018 um 19:24 schrieb Carl Marcum: > Hi Matthias, > > > On 08/09/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. >> >> Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache >> license. [2] >> >> I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> >> [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ >> [2] https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-411801246 >> >> > > It does look nice and it looks like IBM put a lot into it. Yes, and they are constantly improving it... Regards, Matthias > > I'm in favor of including it. > > Thanks for bring it up. > > Best regards, > Carl > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: IBM Plex font
What should a font bring to be worth added to Open Office? Am 12. August 2018 11:40:07 MESZ schrieb Marcus : >Am 10.08.2018 um 03:41 schrieb Fernando Cassia: >> On 8/9/18, Marcus wrote: >>> >>> even when it looks nice, is great with scaling and also compatible >with >>> the AL, I'm wondering what a good purpose could be? Adding a new >font >>> without any reason would just increase the install size about some >>> megabytes (when I see this right at [1]). >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/tag/v1.1.3 >>> >> [...] >> >> I just downloaded TrueType.zip from the github project page, >> decompressed it to its own subfolder, and recompressed it to 7zip >> format using p7zip -mx9 (maximum compression). The resulting packaged >> size is 2MB >> >> 2MB doesn´t seem like a killer size increase to me... > >sure, but where should we draw the line? At 5 or 10 MB? IMHO every >addition - that increases the install base - should have a reason. > >Adding a font just because it's nice looking or compatible with our >license is not enough. > >My 2 ct. > >Marcus > > >- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
Am 10.08.2018 um 03:41 schrieb Fernando Cassia: On 8/9/18, Marcus wrote: even when it looks nice, is great with scaling and also compatible with the AL, I'm wondering what a good purpose could be? Adding a new font without any reason would just increase the install size about some megabytes (when I see this right at [1]). [1] https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/tag/v1.1.3 [...] I just downloaded TrueType.zip from the github project page, decompressed it to its own subfolder, and recompressed it to 7zip format using p7zip -mx9 (maximum compression). The resulting packaged size is 2MB 2MB doesn´t seem like a killer size increase to me... sure, but where should we draw the line? At 5 or 10 MB? IMHO every addition - that increases the install base - should have a reason. Adding a font just because it's nice looking or compatible with our license is not enough. My 2 ct. Marcus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
Am 11.08.2018 um 17:13 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: On 10/08/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote: Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be downloaded for free. OK, point taken. It could still be a good exercise to add it to trunk as a test, so that we can check what the size increase actually is and revisit that part of OpenOffice. Then, if there is no special benefit and the size increase is too much, we can always remove it, but I see some value (meaning: some knowledge gain) in trying even if in the end we decide not to keep it. for testing purpose What-Happens-If... it would be OK also for me. However, even when it's just a few megabytes I don't see any real need when we keep the font in the repo. Please note: It's always starting with "just this", then other things come along ... and this ... and this ... ;-) Marcus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
+1 Am 11. August 2018 17:13:52 MESZ schrieb Andrea Pescetti : >On 10/08/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote: >> Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: >>> On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ >>> My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by >>> adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts >>> installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be >>> downloaded for free. >> >> OK, point taken. > >It could still be a good exercise to add it to trunk as a test, so that > >we can check what the size increase actually is and revisit that part >of >OpenOffice. Then, if there is no special benefit and the size increase >is too much, we can always remove it, but I see some value (meaning: >some knowledge gain) in trying even if in the end we decide not to keep >it. > >Regards, > Andrea. > >- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
Hi Matthias, On 08/09/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: Hi all, IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache license. [2] I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? Regards, Matthias [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ [2] https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-411801246 It does look nice and it looks like IBM put a lot into it. I'm in favor of including it. Thanks for bring it up. Best regards, Carl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
On 10/08/2018 Matthias Seidel wrote: Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be downloaded for free. OK, point taken. It could still be a good exercise to add it to trunk as a test, so that we can check what the size increase actually is and revisit that part of OpenOffice. Then, if there is no special benefit and the size increase is too much, we can always remove it, but I see some value (meaning: some knowledge gain) in trying even if in the end we decide not to keep it. Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
In the same time, it would be nice if we have a list of all these fonts. In the wiki, I don't find a page with this information: fonts provided by AOO - Mail original - > De: "Matthias Seidel" > À: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Envoyé: Jeudi 9 Août 2018 17:55:18 > Objet: IBM Plex font > > Hi all, > > IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. > > Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache > license. [2] > > I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? > > Regards, > > Matthias > > [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ > [2] https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-411801246 > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
On 8/9/18, Marcus wrote: > > even when it looks nice, is great with scaling and also compatible with > the AL, I'm wondering what a good purpose could be? Adding a new font > without any reason would just increase the install size about some > megabytes (when I see this right at [1]). > > [1] https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/tag/v1.1.3 > > Marcus One of the reasons I always selected StarOffice, besides supporting the then-parent-company behind OpenOffice.org (Sun Microsystems) was the addition of clipart and fonts. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=29652&seqNum=5 "Font stuff: There are new "metrically compatible" TrueType Microsoft Windows core fonts. Font substitution is better. You can set up font substitution with a new improved algorithm that makes the matching better, including across platforms." Back to the IBM font... it´s OpenType.zip is 3.82 MB TrueType.zip is 4.46 MB I just downloaded TrueType.zip from the github project page, decompressed it to its own subfolder, and recompressed it to 7zip format using p7zip -mx9 (maximum compression). The resulting packaged size is 2MB 2MB doesn´t seem like a killer size increase to me... Just my two cents worth... FC - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: IBM Plex font
Am 10.08.2018 um 00:13 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: > On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. >> >> Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache license. [2] >> >> I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> >> [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ >> [2] https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-411801246 >> >> > My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by > adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts > installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be > downloaded for free. OK, point taken. But at least some people now know of this font... ;-) (I am using it for quite some time now) Regards, Matthias > Regards > Keith > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: IBM Plex font
On 8/9/2018 11:55 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Hi all, > > IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. > > Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache license. [2] > > I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? > > Regards, > > Matthias > > [1] https://www.ibm.com/plex/ > [2] https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/190#issuecomment-411801246 > > My question would be like Marcus's; What purpose are we serving by adding it to the distribution. I already have a plethora of fonts installed that I will never use. If someone wants it it can be downloaded for free. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RE: IBM Plex font
It would seem to me that we should limit fonts to those on the user’s computer plus those we can load from google (provided the internet is up). That would be simplest with least overhead. (Any other font available via internet would also be OK.) Drawback, if when the user reedits the file, the internet or site is down might cause some problems. From: Matthias Seidel<mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 2:07 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org<mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org> Subject: Re: IBM Plex font Am 09.08.2018 um 21:04 schrieb Marcus: > Am 09.08.2018 um 17:55 schrieb Matthias Seidel: >> IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. >> >> Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache >> license. [2] >> >> I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? > > even when it looks nice, is great with scaling and also compatible > with the AL, I'm wondering what a good purpose could be? Adding a new > font without any reason would just increase the install size about > some megabytes (when I see this right at [1]). About 4 MB when you include everything. It was just an idea... Matthias > > [1] https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/tag/v1.1.3 > > Marcus > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
Re: IBM Plex font
Am 09.08.2018 um 21:04 schrieb Marcus: > Am 09.08.2018 um 17:55 schrieb Matthias Seidel: >> IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. >> >> Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache >> license. [2] >> >> I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? > > even when it looks nice, is great with scaling and also compatible > with the AL, I'm wondering what a good purpose could be? Adding a new > font without any reason would just increase the install size about > some megabytes (when I see this right at [1]). About 4 MB when you include everything. It was just an idea... Matthias > > [1] https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/tag/v1.1.3 > > Marcus > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: IBM Plex font
Am 09.08.2018 um 17:55 schrieb Matthias Seidel: IBM Plex font [1] is a real nice looking font type. Apart from that, it is now dual-licensed under OFL and Apache license. [2] I am wondering if we could include it in OpenOffice? even when it looks nice, is great with scaling and also compatible with the AL, I'm wondering what a good purpose could be? Adding a new font without any reason would just increase the install size about some megabytes (when I see this right at [1]). [1] https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/tag/v1.1.3 Marcus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
