[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 #16 from Yousuf Philips (jay) <philipz85 at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #2)
> 1. Should the choice of serif vs sans-serif be adopted from the choice
> w.r.t. Latin fonts, or should it be made independently for Hebrew?

It should be chosen based on what is best in Hebrew. We are currently looking
into what is best in latin presently (bug 113941).

> 2. Assuming it's independent - is it better for Hebrew to have serif or as
> sans-serif font?

Well this choice has to be decide for both headings and text, similar to how
latin uses sans for headings and serif for text, and also what the best font
for headings and text should be.

> 3. Given the choice of serif-vs-sans-serif, which is the best free Hebrew
> font to use as default?

The choice of what the best font should be needs to be made both for serif and
sans fonts, as even if we went with serif for writer, sans is used in calc and
impress. Also the choice needs to be made in what is the best order for serif
and sans fonts depending on what fonts the user has installed.

> 3. If it's serif: David CLM, definitely ; if it's sans-serif: Noto Sans, or
> maybe Arimo, or Cousine (no strong preference)

So is this preference of David CLM for both text and headings? Do you still
prefer David CLM over David Libre?

So you prefer Noto Sans over sans based hebrew fonts Nachlieli CLM and Rubik
Libre? If you didnt already know, Liberation Sans is a fork of Arimo and
Liberation Mono is a fork of Cousine.

(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #7)
> 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).

Starting with Word 2013, it uses Calibri for text and Calibri Light for
headings.

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