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

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

            Bug ID: 113538
           Summary: Bundle and use open source Hebrew fonts by default
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha1+ Master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: philipz85 at hotmail.com
            Blocks: 103080, 112812

LibreOffice currently prefers the open source hebrew fonts[1] when they are
installed, but if it doesnt ship some by default, this wont improve the
interoperability of documents. So similar to LO bundling open source fonts like
Liberation and DejaVu fonts to ensure interoperability of latin-based
documents, we should bundle a few hebrew fonts.

We currently prefer the open source Culmus[2] font collection for hebrew text,
so we should bundle a few of them, which includes

* David CLM - Recommended by Eyal from hebrew CTL team to be used as default
* Nachlieli CLM - The current number 1 preferred hebrew font to default to in
VCL
* Miriam CLM - The current number 2 preferred hebrew font to default to in VCL
* Miriam Mono CLM - The current last preferred hebrew font to default to in VCL
and the only available monospace hebrew font

[1]
https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/VCL.xcu#175
[2] http://culmus.sourceforge.net/


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103080
[Bug 103080] A new default set of bundled fonts
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112812
[Bug 112812] [META] Hebrew language-specific RTL issues
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