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

This font thread has been interesting to me. As an end user, I don't 
know diddly about font technology. However, I am quite obsessive about 
fonts and making sure I get the right results.

I'm using LO 5.1.6.2 on Linux Mint 18. I also have an old Windows Vista 
machine with the same version of LO.

I recently noticed a really nice font feature on the Linux side of 
things. When using some fonts, I've found that LO automatically inserts 
ligatures for "fi" "ff" and "fl." Some fonts really require such 
ligatures in order to avoid having the "f" crash into the next letter. 
I've noticed that LO does this with Linux Libertine O (without the need 
for the Graphite engined Libertine "G"), OFL Sorts Mill Goudy, and the 
TexGyre family of fonts. It does *not* do this with the URW fonts or the 
Bitstream fonts included in my very old WordPerfect 7 CD. (For what it's 
worth, I've also noticed that this automatic ligature insertion does 
*not* happen on my Windows machine.)

At any rate, I really appreciate the automatic ligatures on these fonts, 
and it encourages me to ensure that I'm using OpenType rather than Type 
1 fonts.

Virgil


On 02/28/2017 12:51 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> A. den Oudsten wrote
> > ...
> > Is there an argument for the decision to drop Type1. I use them in
> > LibreOffice since it exists.
> Several, but at its core PS Type 1 fonts have been on borrowed time since
> TrueType and OpenType were implemented.
>
> Users should have replaced or converted their fonts.  Of note, due to lack
> of PS Type 1 support in DirectWrite/Direct2D layout Microsoft dropped Type 1
> font use from Office 2013.
>
> In moving LibreOffice forward with HarfBuzz based common layout, support for
> PS Type 1 and bitmap fonts was dropped by design and ESC decision [1].
>
> At 5.3 with the "new" HarfBuzz  based common layout there is simply no
> support for the glyph mappings used with Type 1 PS fonts.  And at 5.4
> (current master) the "old" framework has been completely stripped out.
>
>
> > What/who can I approach to retract this decision?
> No one, the ESC decision was made and development proceeded accordingly.
> Functionally it can not be reversed as there is no support for PS Type 1 or
> Bitmap fonts  in current  HarfBuzz based common layout.  The HarfBuzz
> project would have to implement support for Type 1 and Bitmap fonts--and
> there is not much interest in doing so.
>
> A representative LibreOffice WONTFIX Bugzilla issue is  tdf#104701 - PS Type
> 1 URW fonts missing in LibreOffice...
> <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104701#c10>  , and for
> the related dropping support for old MS Bitmap fonts on Windows  tdf#103514
> -- MS bitmap fonts... not displayed with OpenGL rendering
> <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103514#c10>
>
> =-ref-=
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/minutes-of-ESC-call-tc4198435.html
>
>
>
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