https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166866
Bug ID: 166866
Summary: Properly support axis-based font families
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
More and more font families implement axis-based font weights instead of the
traditional four font weights (regular, bold, italic, bold-italic).
If LibreOffice encounters such a font family it will pick the four traditional
weights and display them under the name of the font family, e.g. "Source Sans
Pro". If the font family has more weights they will show up as separate fonts,
e.g. "Source Sans Pro SemiBold" or "Source Sans Pro ExtraLight". The fonts are
ordered alphabetically by name instead of weight. With the font names it's
possible to see the weight, thanks to the font preview, but it's not possible
to see if the regular "Source Sans Pro" font with Bold button pressed has more
or less weight than "Source Sans Pro SemiBold". Also, if I select "Source Sans
Pro Light" and click the Bold button, what do I get? Is that bolder than
"Source Sans Pro" regular? No idea.
It would be good if LO would add proper support for axis-based font families so
that a font family shows up only once with an additional dropdown to select the
weight, ordered by weight.
The Font tab of the Character dialog already has a Style dropdown that could
show the additional weights.
See https://software.sil.org/fonts/axis-based-fonts/ for background information
and a few examples how that is implemented in other apps.
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