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

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

--- Comment #25 from stephen.sottong at inbox.com ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #23)

> > What the LibreOffice project should provide is a set of such high quality
> > fonts: a set of fonts with separate weighted fonts (multiple levels) and
> > italic fonts.
> 
> I don't buy this reasoning. Who should provide "a set of such high quality
> fonts", e.g. with "wide language support", is font forges that create the
> fonts. LibreOffice project should provide a tool that may use any fonts on
> the system, be it "high quality" or not (very subjective); it's up to user
> to decide if user wants "wide language support" or only their spoken
> language; if they need fonts with Graphite features or some dumb fonts, etc.
> 
> Only one thing matters here: if a font is required for proper functioning of
> the software itself. 

I'm in agreement with this. Since fonts are so easy to delete, making your
software dependent on auxiliary fonts is asking to break it. If you want your
software to be robust, it can't be dependent on something the user can, and
often will, delete. If one font is required, that shouldn't be a problem, but
the mass of fonts packaged with the software is almost an invitation to delete
them for users and system managers who want their computers to be lean and
clean.

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