[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 91886] Make font installation optional

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91886

--- Comment #12 from Sascha Z <live at hushmail.com> ---
MS Windows already has a huge amount of installed system-fonts. And trust me
when I say it is must painful to remove any of those because Microsoft's policy
is all about compatibility.
The mechanism to avoid users from inconveniences by searching "endless"
font-lists is done by flagging foreign language fonts. So applications don't
load foreign language fonts by default but just when needed. This feature
became more or less mandatory for Windows applications since Windows 7.

Unfortunately, LibreOffice still omit the capability of hiding foreign language
fonts. Instead does LibreOffice install with its own blob of fonts - without
asking the user for nor limiting fonts to the users region.

Also is LibreOffice's font-menu very basic. It doesn't limit the amount of
shown fonts while searching be letters but jumps to the most related entry
inside the full list. And scrolling inside the menu feels very uncomfortable to
me, especially with many installed fonts where the list starts to lags.

For this reason do I fully agree to make font-installation optimal. As least
for all unnecessary fonts, like the 48!! different Noto variants.

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