[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 105710] OpenType features cannot be controlled

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105710

V Stuart Foote  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

   Priority|medium  |low
 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW
 CC||vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu
 Blocks||71732
 Ever confirmed|0   |1
 OS|Windows (All)   |All
   Severity|normal  |enhancement

--- Comment #3 from V Stuart Foote  ---
We'll mark this as an enhancement then. But not clear there is a priority to
provide GUI support for applying and tracking OpenType features [1] beyond the
current application/display in the Character style dialog and Sidebar content
panel.

Some effort could be made to map the OpenType features onto the Character
dialog Font Effects tab to provide a GUI, but that would be for a limited
subset of features.

But IMHO the most efficient is what exists now, applying the feature directly
as direct formatting or by defining and applying it in a style. 

All without cluttering the UI with implementing GUI for infrequently used
typographic widgets.


=ref-=
[1] https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/featurelist.htm


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71732
[Bug 71732] [META] Bugs related to text rendering, typography and font features
in LO
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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 105710] OpenType features cannot be controlled

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--- Comment #2 from Juergen  ---
(In reply to Maxim Monastirsky from comment #1)
> (In reply to Juergen from comment #0)
> > With the actual LO-version (5.3.0.3) »OpenType layout is now supported on
> > all platforms, and default OpenType features are enabled for all languages«
> > (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3#Text_Layout). But
> > there is no possibility to controll the use of the features.
> There is. The release notes also state that "OpenType layout features can be
> controlled using the syntax previously only supported for Graphite fonts."
> 
> Suppose you use Calibri font and want to disable ligatures, you can type
> this in the font name box:
> 
> Calibri:-liga
> 
> And to enable small caps:
> 
> Calibri:smcp
> 
> And so on. And you can combine several settings with &.

Sorry Maxim, but this is absolutly unconfortable und for the ›normal‹ user
unpractical, inacceptable. Nobody, except IT-experts, likes to work with
cryptic syntax. That way, I fear, OpenType-features will not be widley used. I
hope very much, that LO or Writer will soon get implemented an appropriate,
›user-friendly‹ toolbar, sidebar, controll-window-dialogue or something like
this. Bothersome is also that OpenType-features like ligatures are enabled by
default, regardless of whether I want them in the text or not. It cannot simple
be disabled by the user, right?

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 105710] OpenType features cannot be controlled

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--- Comment #1 from Maxim Monastirsky  ---
(In reply to Juergen from comment #0)
> With the actual LO-version (5.3.0.3) »OpenType layout is now supported on
> all platforms, and default OpenType features are enabled for all languages«
> (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3#Text_Layout). But
> there is no possibility to controll the use of the features.
There is. The release notes also state that "OpenType layout features can be
controlled using the syntax previously only supported for Graphite fonts."

Suppose you use Calibri font and want to disable ligatures, you can type this
in the font name box:

Calibri:-liga

And to enable small caps:

Calibri:smcp

And so on. And you can combine several settings with &.

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