Re: [libreoffice-design] Default and bundled arabic fonts

> Google renamed them from Droid* to Noto* and added hinting to improve them.


Wait, this isn't exactly true: Noto is almost the same as Open Sans except
the "g" character (Open sans has the curly one, and Noto the "grotesk"
one). Of corse, Open Sans is based on Droid but is not the same: the first
one is wider while Droid Sans was though for cellphone interfaces, so it's
quite narrow. Also, Droid Sans doesn't have italics.

The ones that seem to be basically the same are the serif counterparts.

Regards,

Fracnisco.

2016-10-07 22:48 GMT-03:00 Yousuf Philips <ypharis@gmail.com>:

> On 10/08/2016 12:04 AM, toki wrote:
>
> > Droid Arabic *?
> > I was under the impression that Google had dropped support of the Droid*
> > fonts, in favour of NoTo* fonts.
>
> Google renamed them from Droid* to Noto* and added hinting to improve them.
>
> More crucially is how the fonts look:
> > * When used with Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux;
> > * Printed out on paper;
> > * Printed to PDF, and read on a different system;
>
> I plan to test their rendering on Windows and Linux, as those are the
> systems i have, as well as their print quality. Exporting to PDF will
> likely depend on LO's export code more than anything else, but i guess also
> worth checking.
>
> Here is the odt i created on linux from the various arabic fonts, as well
> as the pdf.
>
> ODT - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6qJrVIa0SAlcUV2NjlMY29WWGc
> /view?usp=sharing
>
> PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6qJrVIa0SAlZnE4R3BOR1RtaTg
> /view?usp=sharing
>
> I've forgotten which Arabic font is virtually illegible, when printed to
> > PDF, even when embedded in the PDF.
>
> If you ever remember which font it is, please let me know as none of the
> ones i've tried are.
>
> jonathon
> >
>
> Yousuf
>
>
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