[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 50879] form exported as pdf does not embed all required fonts

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50879

--- Comment #46 from Tony Reyelts <reyelts@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #43)
> (In reply to Thorsten Behrens (CIB) from comment #42)
> > Let's get some UX input on the proposal.
>
> Fully agree with Schlittchen's proposal but wouldn't distinguish between
> full and partial sets (trying to be smart is doomed to fail IMHO). So a
> simple confirmation box could do the trick:
>
> Your document contains non-standard fonts that might be not readable on
> other systems. Do you want to include these extra fonts?
> [Help]    [Yes, include fonts] [_No, export as it_]
>
> (No is the default, closing the box per x and maybe an additional cancel
> button should stop the export.)

The "Do you want to include?" option would be awesome. I've been fighting the
same problem for hours trying to find a workable solution. In my case, neither
of the fonts are standard:

$ pdffonts test1*
name                                 type              encoding         emb sub
uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- ---
--- ---------
BAAAAA+Arial-BoldMT                  TrueType          WinAnsi          yes yes
yes     29  0
CAAAAA+TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT        TrueType          WinAnsi          yes yes
yes     24  0
DAAAAA+IBMPlexSans-SemiBold          TrueType          WinAnsi          yes yes
yes     34  0
EAAAAA+Free3of9                      TrueType          WinAnsi          yes yes
yes     19  0
IBMPlexSans-SemiBold                 TrueType          WinAnsi          no  no 
no      38  0
Free3of9                             TrueType          WinAnsi          no  no 
no      36  0

The "xAAAAA+*" form comes from adding some fixed text using the problem fonts.
But the form fields want to refer to the unembedded form of the same font.
Note: I really don't want the fixed text. This is just to show the fonts can be
embedded... just the form fields won't use them (or they won't be embedded
under the name the form fields want... I'd be ok with either one).

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