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

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

--- Comment #93 from Tobias Hemm <tobiasenthemmt at mailbox.org> ---
(In reply to giannis.sc from comment #86)

> I have initially installed Libreffice with the US locale and initially
> LibreOffice works fine recognize all fonts, weights and their families once
> I go into LibreOffice settings and attempt to change the language say from
> US to UK and upon restart it stops recognizing font families and weight. As
> soon I go back to the default then the problem is solved
> 
> Might be worth looking into
I have tested that, and it’s true:
With locale setting "German (Germany)", font families, optical sizes and styles
get recognized differently than with locale setting "Englisch (USA)" (see my
attached image below). Under the German settings, Optical sizes (Subhead,
Caption etc.) don’t appear at all. Under the USA settings, i get a
non-structured "stew".

As you can see in the attached image, both settings are not satisfying.
Either, everything should be summarized under one single Family (Adobe Jenson
Pro, Cecilia LT Pro), or all the Optical Sizes should have one entry (Adobe
Jenson Pro, Adobe Jenson Pro Cap, Adobe Jenson Pro Subh, Adobe Jenson Pro Disp)
with all the weights under them. Also widths (e.g. Condensed or Narrow) could
get a separate entry, but weights should never have one because they belong to
"Style".

Instead of writing a long manual about how I think it would best be done, I
highly recommend: Just look at how it is done in Scribus 1.5.5 (also see
image). Maybe it is possible to do it that way.

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