[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 69254] Correct handling of font families (weight, style, stretches) on Mac

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69254

--- Comment #67 from Thomas Linard <thlinard at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Thomas Linard from comment #65)
> Test report with LibreOffice 6.0, macOS 10.12.6
> 
> Open-source fonts installed (in OTF version each):
> 
> EB Garamond version 1.0 (10 styles)
> https://github.com/octaviopardo/EBGaramond12
> 
> Fira Sans version 4.2.3 (92 styles)
> https://carrois.com/typefaces/FiraSans/
> 
> Overpass version 3.0.2 (16 styles)
> http://overpassfont.org/
> 
> All fonts are correctly viewed in Font Book, TextEdit and Apple Pages
> (version 6.3.1). Fira Sans is presented as 3 families: Fira Sans, Fira Sans
> Compressed, Fira Sans Condensed).
> 
> All fonts are (almost) correctly viewed in Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac
> (version 16.9.1). Fira Sans is presented as 5 families: Fira Sans, Fira Sans
> Eight, Fira Sans Four, Fira Sans Hair, Fira Sans Two. But: Fira Sans
> Condensed Book (and Italic) and Fira Sans Compressed Book (and Italic) are
> presented as Fira Sans Condensed 350 and Fira Sans Compressed 350. Fira Sans
> Book is presented as Fira Sans Book.
> 
> In LibreOffice 6.0.0:
> 
> EB Garamond: 4 styles are missing.
> Medium
> Medium Italic
> SemiBold
> SemiBold Italic
> 
> Fira Sans is presented as 3 families: Fira Sans, Fira Sans Compressed, Fira
> Sans Condensed.
> 
> Fira Sans: 16 styles are missing.
> Four
> Four Italic
> Hair
> Hair Italic
> Heavy
> Heavy Italic
> Medium
> Medium Italic
> SemiBold
> SemiBold Italic
> Two
> Two Italic
> Ultra 
> Ultra Italic
> Ultra Light
> Ultra Light Italic
> 
> Fira Sans Compressed: 16 styles are missing.
> Same as Fira Sans (except Ultra styles, unique to Fira Sans) + Fira Sans
> Compressed Thin (and Italic)
> 
> Fira Sans Condensed: 14 styles are missing.
> Same as Fira Sans (except Ultra styles, unique to Fira Sans)
> 
> Overpass: 2 styles are missing
> Overpass Heavy
> Overpass Heavy Italic
> 
> So, it seems that LibreOffice 6.0.0 on macOS effectively handles italics and
> stretches, but fails on some weights, in both extremes of the spectrum and
> in the middle.

The same test (almost: LibreOffice 6.0.2, Fira Sans 4.3
https://bboxtype.com/typefaces/FiraSans/ ) on Linux gives very similar results.
See bug 98596.

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