[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 113538] Bundle and use open source Hebrew fonts by default

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113538

--- Comment #8 from Shai Berger <shai at platonix.com> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #7)
> (In reply to Shai Berger from comment #6)
> You could indeed cast the question as "screen vs print", but it's kind of
> splitting hairs since, typically, serif fonts look better in print and sans
> serif look better on screen.

The point is to cast the question not in terms of font design, but in terms of
user experience.

> 
> But be the question put as it may, I don't see a reason for this choice to
> be different for Hebrew than in is for English

According to [1] there are 120 million active users of LibreOffice worldwide
(2016). According to [2] there are 2-3 billion PCs in the world. This puts LO's
market share at 4%-5%. In Israel, as far as I'm aware, it is at least an order
of magnitude lower (could find no data, which to me indicates that the userbase
is insignificant). So we need to work harder on making the product likeable.

> [...] the accepted wisdom [is] that users do expect to use Writer with a
> print-oriented font.

My point is: We (the Hebrew community) need to put much greater emphasis on
first-time users than the world community does.

> 
> PS 1: Microsoft had, for many years, used a Serif font as the default in MS
> Word (Times New Roman), then switched to the interesting Calibri, a sans
> serif font (and Cambria, a serif font, for headings).
> 

Microsoft's position with respect to convincing-people-to-use-their-product is
so different from ours, that their considerations are all but irrelevant.

> PS 2: I have to object to the use of the term "marketing", as LO is gratis
> and libre, so it's never traded and thus not marketed.

Splitting hairs... if you have a better term for "convincing people to spend
time and effort on your product", I'll humor you.

[1]
https://www.collaboraoffice.com/community-en/updated-libreoffice-growth-infographic-2016/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer#Market_share

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