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

On 02/28/2017 06:08 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote:

> The same argument could be used of TrueType fonts.

The days of TrueType fonts are numbered. However, OpenType support is
not yet universal.  :(

> Why should they, when support for them remains?

Support for Type 1 is, at best, spotty.

> designers have invested substantially in Type 1 fonts over the years, 
> and this decision leaves them stranded.

I fully sympathise with those that are using legacy typefaces,
especially because replacing them can be very expensive. (To quote an
email I received today for a typeface: MSRP US$500,000 on sale today for
only US$5,000. The included fonts are so ugly, that even if they were
gratis, one would be paying too much for them.)

> chart of free font equivalents for proprietary fonts that I drew up about a year ago:

The difference between proprietary typefaces, and free typefaces, is
that the latter usually come in only one weight, whilst the latter
usually come with at least half a dozen weights.

jonathon




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