[Bug 162872] Add "Source Sans Pro" to fallback font list for "Aptos"

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162872

--- Comment #3 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #2)
> (In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #0)
> > The "Source Sans Pro" has letter-spacing and line
> > distance similar to "Aptos".
> 
> 1. How similar?

45 lines, 12pt:
Aptos 227mm, Source Sans Pro 234mm, Arial & Liberation Sans 213mm, DejaVu Sans
217mm, Noto Sans >252mm, Tahoma 225mm
inside a line, same text part:
Aptos 144mm, Source Sans Pro 140mm, Arial & Liberation Sans 149mm, DejaVu Sans
>168mm, Noto Sans 158mm, Tahoma 150mm

Of cause it would be nice to have a free font that has metrics as similar as
Liberation Sans to Arial.

> 2. Has this been studied methodically, or is it more of a cursory impression?

Not methodically, I have used only some fonts I have installed.

> 3. What is the set of freely-redistributable fonts from which Source Sans
> Pro was chosen as the closest?

Besides the above also Verdana and Segoe UI (not free, but available on
Windows).

(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> Maybe. 
> 
> But how useful would this really be? The example presentation is just Aptos
> normal--and yes the Source Sans Pro at least is close in metrics in width if
> not the height/leading. Does that hold though with Aptos light, semi-bold,
> bold, extra-bold, black and their italic rendering. And, what of Aptos's
> other faces? Narrow, Serif, Display and Mono...

We only need to consider those variants that are used as default in MS Office.
I think, that are Aptos and Aptos Display for text in presentations and Aptos
Narrow for table cells in spreadsheets. Word uses Calibri.

>  
> If we had the Aptos fallback hardcoded would we then be well served/forced
> to restore bundling of Source Sans Pro (dropped for bug 136604, though
> restored to CO)?

In my opinion, it need not be bundled. But a hint or link on the download page
would be useful. Especially text in shapes need a font similar to Aptos,
otherwise you get ugly text overflow.

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