> > I'd recommend contacting google or the company who created the font to ask > them to fix the issue, as unfortunately it isnt something we can do, unless > one of the volunteer typrographers wants to take it on and we ship a > modified version of Carlito. >
I have sent an email to the "Lato Team" asking for help. The name of one of its creators (Lukasz Dziedzic) appear in the license of Carlito. 2016-10-10 21:32 GMT-03:00 Yousuf Philips <[email protected]>: > On 10/11/2016 12:58 AM, Francisco Adrián Sánchez wrote: > >> Hi Yussuf, all, >> > > Hi Francisco, > > I'd like to help with this. I have already some opinions about it. I >> think that there are some of the fonts that are already bundled with >> LibreOffice that could be removed. >> > > Totally agree we need to begin by removing fonts. > > I would for the approach of "2 serif fonts, 2 sans serif font, 1 or none >> mono". Adding more and not using them in templates we provide is just >> adding more bricks to the big wall of typefaces. >> > > Keeping a minimal selection of useful/needed fonts is definitely > important, but i wouldnt put such restrictions as only 2 of each time. > LibreOffice not only promotes free document formats, but also the spread of > free fonts. > > I really like Open Sans, but you already bundle Source Sans Pro and in >> more weights: Open Sans has a light, bold and extrabold versions and >> they were omitted. Also, there are at least 2 Impress templates based on >> Source Sans Pro. Thus, the 2 sans would be Liberation Sans & Source Sans >> Pro. >> > > My suggestion, which is also the suggestion of Tomaz and Adolfo, is to > replace Open Sans with Noto as it looks nearly identical and has large > language support. > > I will explain why not Carlito: I'm against Carlito in its current >> state: there are some bugs regarding its transformation from Lato, which >> result in weird rendering. *And it's not because of the hinting* but >> because of the squeezing of Lato to match Calibri. Please, see these 2 >> screenshots: >> http://s2.subirimagenes.com/imagen/9647191carloto-vs-lato-2.png >> http://s2.subirimagenes.com/imagen/9647190carloto-vs-lato-3.png >> It's the only problem I have found by >> >> Also, Caladea doesn't show this errors but it *lacks of greek and >> cyrilic support* (at least the versions bundled with LibreOffice). I >> emphasize this because the opposite is stated in the Docs sheet) >> > > Just like Italo said, Carlito and Caladea are Microsoft compatibility > fonts, which make them mandatory to keep document fidelity when opening on > systems which dont have Microsoft proprietary formats. This is the same for > the Liberation font family that we ship. > > I'd recommend contacting google or the company who created the font to ask > them to fix the issue, as unfortunately it isnt something we can do, unless > one of the volunteer typrographers wants to take it on and we ship a > modified version of Carlito. > > Furthermore, I don't see the point of bundling Gentium Basic _and_ >> Gentium Book Basic. Besides, *it doesn't count with Greek nor Cyrillic >> support*... or at least, the versions bundled with LibO up to 5.3 alpha. >> Again, the opposite is stated in the Docs sheet. >> > > I know Gentium Basic is available in Google Docs's font list combobox, so > it must be a popular enough font that it would be listed their. Gentium > Book Basic is just a slightly bolder version of Gentium Basic, so i would > be in favour of removing it. If you look in the cell note on the sheet for > their language support it says "website claims it has cyrillic and greek, > but didnt see it in the font". :D But i decided to check their website now > and there is a newer version of the font there but it doesnt have any > additional glyphs. > > Then, between PT Serif and Linux Libertine, the last has a much more >> wider character support. So, in my opinion Liberation Serif and Linux >> Libertine should be enough for serif typefaces. >> > > As Linux Libertine and its other related fonts take up nearly 50% of the > space used by all the fonts, it definitely needs to go. PT Serif should > likely be removed as it has very little language support and was likely > added as a Serif for Open Sans. > > These are my 2 ¢ >> > > Thanks for your input. So i've opened a bug report with my thoughts on how > i'd like to move forward with font selection, so you are welcome to give it > a read and add your 2 cents there as well. :D > > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103080 > > Best Regards, >> >> Francisco >> > > So i've > > Regards, > Yousuf > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
