[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

--- Comment #11 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Telesto from comment #10)
> 
> How is this problem handled with other application? Like MSO?

It is not, nor should it be. And that is the issue.

There are already some fabulous programs for doing font selection based on its
Unicode coverage.  Point being these font management features do not belong in
an office product bcz they are handled better either by os/DE provided apps--eg
fontconfig and the fc- utilities or the ancient xfd or xfontsel, or by any
number of GUI based character map utilities including the GNOME Character Map.

If on Windows give Andrew West's BableMap a drive [1]. It has *ALL* the
features that Eyal is asking for, but it is specialized software. In fact the
dev spun off the font manager from his text editor BablePad bcz font management
and analysis does not belong with the editor.

And of course there are commercial products that provide similar function--on
Windows High-Logic's MainType for example.  

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[1] https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html

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