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steam_lover@sh.itjust.worksB to LibreOffice@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 months ago

Further Update about Font Replacement

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steam_lover@sh.itjust.worksB to LibreOffice@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 months ago
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I have already covered the topic of font replacement in LibreOffice in 2020 and in 2025. Unfortunately, the vast majority of personal computer users are unaware of this issue and believe that the fonts installed on their PC are the only fonts available. None of them realise that personal computer fonts are actually software, and as such can be installed on a PC like any other programme, provided that a licence is purchased (in the case of proprietary fonts, supplied by companies such as Adobe and Microsoft) or that the licence is open and free. Font management is one of the main problems that users encounter when using LibreOffice to manage a document created with a proprietary office suite, because the absence of the original proprietary font (for example, Arial and Times Roman in the case of the older generation, Calibri and Cambria in the case of the intermediate generation, and Aptos in the case of the latest generation) causes the text to flow differently – because the fonts used for replacement are not metrically compatible – and this leads the user to think that LibreOffice is not working. LibreOffice is the only office suite to provide an input and
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