[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 151122] Need some indication of font (family) coverage range when selecting fonts

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151122

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #2)
> (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> > Horrible idea.
> 
> But I haven't even given a concrete idea, how can you know it's horrible
> beforehand?
> 

Because the suggestion in the 'Font list' context is that the drop list itself
should included those details--they do not belong there in the UI!

> And - how am I supposed to know if the fonts LO offers me even have the
> (combination of) languages I'm trying to write in? The only thing LO is
> willing to tell me is whether it's a "Western", "Complex", or "Asian" font
> family.
> 
> > And we already provide for this with the Special Characters... dialog.

The Special Character Dialog (SCD) is where LibreOffice's delivery of these
Unicode font coverage issues belong. I'd also argue that detailing font fall
back and even font replacement (the Tools -> Options -> Fonts panels) likewise
need linkage from the SCD.

Attempting to provide such details via the font selection listboxes (e.g. with
tolltip and pop-up dialogs) is recipe for UI garbage. And is a "Horrible idea".

When you are assigning the font is not the time (or place in the UI) to be
identifying the font to use.

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