[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 120131] New: Install default font substitutions

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131

            Bug ID: 120131
           Summary: Install default font substitutions
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.4.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: eyalroz at technion.ac.il

One of the complaints I hear from people whom I suggest LibreOffice is, that
when they open in LO an existing document written on another platform, the
fonts look funny.

I mainly get this complaint for people who open a document written on Windows
and opened on Linux, with Hebrew, but I'm sure other people get this with other
language and platform combinations.

LibreOffice has a font substitution mechanism already; and it seems to apply
"recessively", i.e. only perform a substitution if the font is actually
missing.

I therefore propose that LO include a default substitution table for some or
all of the fonts used in Microsoft Office in different languages, (1) where LO
bundles fonts that can serve as such substitutes.

With my more specific motivating example being Hebrew, I suggest the following
substitutions:

David -> David CLM
Arial -> Arial Unicode MS
Times New Roman -> Liberation Serif
Frank Ruehl -> Frank Ruehl CLM

these are often used in MS Office on Windows for Hebrew text (see bug 113538).
I'm sure others could be added for Mac OS. Similar substitutions would be
relevant for other languages as well, I believe.

Be reminded that the user can turn off substitution entirely with a few clicks
or edit the table to his/her hearts' content.

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