<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I was just curious, when does LibreOffice choose to bundle fonts? When is there a good reason to bundle them? I ask this because LibreOffice has a Burmese font, but no Thai, Lao, or Khmer fonts that I can tell. Droid Sans includes Thai support. Khmer OS provides Khmer support. And SIL's Mittaphab and Lao Government's Phetsarath OT are possible options for Lao, but the most widely used Lao font in Laos is Saysettha Lao. The government wants everyone to use Phetsarath OT (which is their standard). Windows 8 ships with Dok Champa, which I know little about... And SIL is working on a graphite font Mittaphap. I know Mittaphap is OFL, Phetsarath OT has no license (public domain?), so those are fair open options. Saysettha is not open source, nor is Dok Champa, to my understanding. But the real question is whether or not LibreOffice will want to include fonts for language coverage in the first place? Possible benefits I see: <ul> <li>Consistent look and feel for users of those languages across platforms and systems </li> <li>Provides native access for people without reliable Internet (sometimes a problem in Laos)</li> </ul> Possible problems I see: <ul> <li>Makes LibreOffice bigger</li> <li>Could get out of hand if everyone wants to submit their favorite font</li> <li>People might complain because it doesn't have their favorite Saysettha font</li> </ul> What do you all think? <div class="moz-signature">-- Respectfully, Robert M Campbell IT Specialist for ADRA Laos & Open Source Advocate Lao Cell: +856 207 616 7299 US Phone: +1 270 681 0399 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:robert.rcampbell@gmail.com">robert.rcampbell@gmail.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rcampbell@adralaos.org">rcampbell@adralaos.org</a> Visit ADRA Lao's Facebook Page at <a href="www.facebook.com/ADRALaos">facebook.com/ADRALaos</a></div> </body> </html>