Re: [libreoffice-design] New default fonts

Hi Francisco,

Francisco Adrián Sánchez píše v Ne 14. 02. 2016 v 14:19 -0300:

> Please, reconsider the use of Carlito as a *default* font. It has serious
> design issues which came with the "modification" of the original font,
> Lato, from which Carlito takes its symbols.
>
> For example, Carlitos "eight" character is taller than the rest, making
> documents look weird:
>
> http://6g6.eu/sih0-carloto-vs-lato-3.png
>
> This is because the symbol it self is taller, and it isn't a hinting
> problem. This is a comparison of "O", "zero" and "eight" characters made
> with FontForge:
>
> http://6g6.eu/sih0-carloto-vs-lato-2.png
>
> On the other hand, I haven't found any flaw in Caladea's design. However,
> Caladea has a smaller symbol base than Cambria. Thus, we would be
> *discriminating* Greek and Cyrillic-writer people.
>
> Thus, unless Carlito's design is revised and corrected, and Caladea's
> symbol base is completed, IMHO those typefaces shouldn't be the _default_
> typefaces in LibreOffice documents.

These are good points; luckily these sound like fixable problems :-)

Can you please collect the problems more precisely - which exact
characters (or character ranges) are missing, what characters have
design problems, etc.

Also if you can double-check the metrics compatibility with the C* fonts
(like if the pair kerning is really the same etc.)  [I believe they
really are, but in case there are some corner cases, or anything.]

Based on that, I'd ask the TDF Board to consider a tender to fix such
Carlito and Caladea issues; I hope it might fit the 2016 UX budget.

Thank you for your help!

All the best,
Kendy


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