[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 91886] Make font installation optional

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

--- Comment #3 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> ---
I wish we would ship no fonts at all. The font management is up to the OS and
if any random application installs additional fonts it becomes a mess. Another
argument is that we have to keep the font up to date, which is not always
guaranteed (see bug 121676 for example). 

No objection to make Liberation a dependency, speaking of Linux, or to bundle
and have an installer option in case of Windows. But the ultimate solution to
me is to make fonts part of the extension management. Whether we ship some or
not, the update feature could work out of the box as well as the opportunity
for users to uninstall.


Read also about "Dealing with Missing Fonts" at
https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/10/21/dealing-with-missing-fonts/
and maybe "Improvements to Font Listing" at
https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2018/02/18/improvements-font-listing/

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