[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 141418] Allow derivative styles to maintain x-height or M-height

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141418

--- Comment #5 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #3)
> You want LibreOffice to adjust the font size so two fonts with different
> x-height become more similar?

Oh no, no, that's not what I mean. I mean allowing the user to say "I want to
choose a font in this family in which the x has a height of so-and-so points",
while right now you can only say "I want to choose a font in this family in
which the Em has a height of so-and-so pointer". No distortions or adjustments.

> But ultimately it's up to the font
> designer how it looks and it's off-topic for the word processor.

It's not about how the font looks. A font designer is literally prevented of
doing anything about this issue: If they created a font (family) where an x
height of 10 pt corresponds to an M height of 30pt, the designer can't tell you
in any way "please don't think of my Em-height-30 font as being that high in
lower case". Deciding what measures to focus on is the application's
responsibility.

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