Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

Op 27-02-17 om 11:24 schreef Alexander Thurgood:
> Le 23/02/2017 à 19:42, A. den Oudsten a écrit :
>
> Hi Andre,
>
>
> > I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
> > In the new version of LibreOffice is a shortage of fonts. I can choose
> > 104 fonts from the 171 available of my system fonts. So I missed - of
> > course - my favorate Classical Garamond.
> > ´the asked font is not available and will be replaced´ is the only
> > message I get.
>
> If the fonts in question are PS Type1, then they are no longer supported
> in LibreOffice 5.3 - support was dropped for Type1 postscript fonts in
> this release.
>
> Alex

Indeed they are Type1, from WordPerfect 8 for Linux.
Is there an argument for the decision to drop Type1. I use them in 
LibreOffice since it exists.
What/who can I approach to retract this decision?

André
>

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