The issue is that you can't include by default the Microsoft fonts as they are not freely redistributable. Users on Linux and Mac will therefore have issues with document fidelity when a Word document, for example, is sent to a LibreOffice user. This puts that user immediately at a disadvantage.
When it is required to submit that document back in the same format or collaborate your changes are not guaranteed to be interoperable. I think using these metrically compatible fonts for all of the proprietary ones makes a whole lot of sense and is something technically not difficult to do. Now this might increase the size of the binaries and I can see this could be an issue. However there could also be less used and arguably less important fonts that could be removed. I think in every LibreOffice release a focus on document interoperability should be emphasized as this is one of the major sticking points for users and you will see this emphasized in almost every review and frequently in support forums and websites such as Reddit. On Sat, 11 Dec 2021, 15:45 Paolo Debortoli, <paolo_debort...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi. Right. I don't know, but I use ms fonts on libreoffice as well. > compatibility is a good problem for people (and administration or schools) > who want to migrate from ms to libreoffice, as many institutions already > did. > > May be we are different in something like: 'people working for people; an > association of users / customers; we don't complain for policies and > rules, but we build our own; our profits are cultural and social (not for > super rich or fiscal paradieses)'. open source is also a new business > model which can redistribute wealth and make people more equal (and > collaborative). > > > Paolo > > > > > > > On Friday, December 10, 2021, 11:53:49 PM GMT+1, James Harking < > james.hark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just updating the link to the blog post by Italo I referenced previously: > > > https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/09/08/libreoffice-tt-replacing-microsoft-fonts/ > > Is there any impediments with shipping all of the metrically compatible > fonts mentioned and create the mappings by default like Italo has done? > > This could be a very important component for interoperability with > Microsoft documents. As a primarily Windows user I have all of the > Microsoft fonts by default but I am aware the Linux and Mac users do not. > > Perhaps this could be done in the upcoming 7.3 release, or would there be a > reason that would prevent this useful step? > > Kind regards > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
