https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150481
Eyal Rozenberg <eyalr...@gmx.com> changed:
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--- Comment #16 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalr...@gmx.com> ---
https://t.me/+UHz-eKUtVb52P0Kr
(In reply to گیلان from comment #13)
> Hi Eyal
> I'm not familiar with how this process works. Should we just mention any
> font we like or there are some criteria like being open source?
See below.
> What about distinction between different languages like Arabic and Farsi?
Hmm... I haven't thought about that. Do you believe there should be a
distinction? I mean, if Farsi-writers say they prefer a different default, then
sure, but - would they prefer a different default?
(In reply to Waleed Mortaja from comment #15)
> Unfortunately, The number of Arabic users of libreoffice is not very high to
> begin with, at least in my environment.
This is indeed a problem - and somewhat of a failure on the project's part. I
spoke about this at the LibreOffice conference this year:
https://events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-conference-2022/talk/YNNRCV/
> Can you provide me with links for the libreoffice Arabic communities?
The Arabic + Farsi Telegram group: https://t.me/+UHz-eKUtVb52P0Kr
The Arabic section of the Ask LO site: https://ask.libreoffice.org/c/arabic/
that's basically it.
> Sounds very good. I am trying to find some friends willing to help in this.
Great. But - please ask them to not just choose from the options in the PDF
Yousuf had attached. We need more alternatives due to the problems with Kacst
fonts which both you and Khaaled have brought up.
> I am with گیلان question: Eyal, Are there restrictions on font selection?
Well, let's see...
* The font's legal status must be clear: Original creator or current official
owner known, license known and recognized by original creator/current owner.
* The font needs to have an appropriate license. The license must allow, at the
very least, redistribution; but we may even be requiring the font license to
allow modification. I'm not sure about that (I wasn't in charge of font
adoption for the Hebrew fonts, Yousuf was).
* The font needs to be available in at least two weights, regular and bold.
* The font must be free of significant bugs such as misreported dimensions,
glyphs with junk in them, etc. (So, not KacstBook...), or have a maintainer we
can ask to fix the bugs before we adopt the font.
* For the Writer body font, I _think_ we need to choose a serif font (for those
who don't know what that is:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/design/discover/serif-vs-sans-serif.html ).
* Not a requirement, but it would be nice if the font matched well with its
corresponding Latin font. So, for the Writer body font, something matching
Liberation Serif.
PS - I'm allowing myself to mark the bug as new.
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