[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 118424] New: Unusable font files installed by LibreOffice 6 on Windows.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118424

            Bug ID: 118424
           Summary: Unusable font files installed by LibreOffice 6 on
                    Windows.
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.5.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: luc.vanrompaey at gmail.com

Description:
I installed GIMP 2.10 on Windows 10, then installed LibreOffice 6.
>From that point on, GIMP no longer worked, but instead crashed upon startup.
Furthermore, the LibreOffice startup screen displayed its text messages in a
rather unpleasant fixed-width font (see
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wcJa8oFw8IxJsQaWaYxkgif1dZOR0dHQ)--as if the
font that it actually was trying to use didn't work.

Uninstalling LibreOffice made GIMP work normally again.

Reinstalling LibreOffice, then removing the font files that it added to my
C:\Windows\Fonts directory, also allowed GIMP to function normally. In
addition, the LibreOffice startup screen now displays a far more pleasant font.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install GIMP 2.10.
2.  Start GIMP - Works OK.
3.  Install LibreOffice.
4.  Start LibreOffice - Works OK (except for the unpleasant font on its startup
screen).
5.  Start GIMP - CRASH!
6.  Remove LibreOffice font files from the system.
7.  Delete FNTCACHE.DAT from C:\Windows\System32.
8.  Reboot - FNTCACHE.DAT is recreated, but smaller than it was.
9.  Start GIMP - OK.
10. Start LibreOffice - OK.

Actual Results:
After installing LibreOffice, GIMP stops working, but crashes on startup.

Expected Results:
GIMP should continue to function normally, whether or not LibreOffice is
installed.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Removing the LibreOffice font files from my system allowed GIMP to work
normally again.

Something seems badly wrong with the LibreOffice font files, since even
LibreOffice itself seems to be unable to make sense of them.

See also https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/1366#note_256010

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