Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 53590
Asian font names not displayed with original font in font name display pane
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:03:22 UTC
Japanese fonts are no more displayed with their Japanese names in the font list; only with their roman letter ones. I've labeled it as a defect because it's a degression from version 1.1.3. The names were then displayed twice - one in roman letters and one in Japanese, for every Japanese font, even with the l10n French pack as the only one installed. I don't know if the problem is linked, but one of these fonts right now falls back to the system's default font in the list and when applied to some text. It wasn't doing that with version 1.1.3. I suppose that if there was a Japanese font that doesn't have an English name entry (but only a Japanese one), OpenOffice would be quite confused on how to call it now... This happens under locale ja_JP.UTF-8, by the way.
SBA->yukikawara: Please attach the font in question or (if it is several megabytes) insert a link where it can be downloaded from. Thank you. Set keyword "needmoreinfo".
SBA-yukikawara: ...and please tell more about the Linux system you use. Thank you.
sba-> pelase see bug #53806, that I just filed in. I think the problem might not be linked, after all. But this one still remains... Have I given enough information for it ? I have just tried installing other fonts; MS Gothic and MS Mincho still have their name twice (one with roman letters, the others with Japanese characters), but all the other Japanese fonts now only have the roman name, which sometimes isn't precise enough for the Japanese to understand what font it actually is. (Example : Hiragino Mincho W8 (weight 8, japanese name) gets displayed as "HiraginoMin") It's too bad, OpenOffice was the only Linux software I've found so far that had a step forward for that.
I really think this should be fixed for the next release. All documents I made with version 1.1.3 have their font formatting gone in the 2.0 Beta, because I used Japanese font names. I need to format them again :( I think the common Japanese user is going to be pissed off by this...
SBA->yukikawara: Please attach a document that shows the symptom. Thank you. I put HDU on c/c.
sba (or hdu), I don't think the document alone would be of any help since you don't have the Japanese font in question... Can I send the font to you by email ? (It's too big to make an attachment...)
Created attachment 29956 [details] Document formatted with OO 1.1.3 using a Japanese font name. (SBA, tell me a way I can send the font I've used. You'll then note that it reproduces bug #53806, too (unlike the other Japanese fonts I have))
Created attachment 29957 [details] Document formatted with OO 1.1.3 using a Japanese font name. (SBA, tell me a way I can send the font I've used. You'll then note that it reproduces bug #53806, too (unlike the other Japanese fonts I have))
Ouch, sorry for this... The server went on a 505 mood...
Is this bug ever going to get considered ? sba or HDU, I'm just waiting for your blessing to send you the problematic Japanese font (which also produces bug #53806).
I checked with "1.1.4 (German) WIN XP: [645m52 (Build 8824)]" and found no problem at all. I checked with "2.0.2 German version WIN XP: [680m5(Build9011)]" and can confirm the problem. Not only Japanese, but generally Asian fonts seem to be affected; I tested with attachment for Issue 53593. It's not only a WRITER problem, you see the malfunction also in other OOo applications CALC, DRAW, IMPRESS (pls. see screenshots!). I checked with "2.1.0 German version WIN XP: [680m6(Build9095)]" and found, that the font name display works better, but not always correctly (pls. see screenshots!).
Created attachment 42358 [details] Screenshots showing display in different OOo versions and applications
Assigned the issue to the default contact rbircher > sba: feel free to reassigne it to your self. As I read in the comments, the problem seems still alive. The Bug is priorised as P4, so it seems not so a bad issue.