https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171533

--- Comment #5 from Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> ---
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Screenshot comparing Scheherazade and Scheherazade New fonts

(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #4)
> (In reply to Khaled Hosny from comment #3)
> > This is similar as bug 167563 and my position here is the same as my
> > position there (Bug 167563 Comment 8).
> 
> Well, if the new typeface is metrically different than I take back what I
> said about the replacement being safe...
> 
> About the typefaces are metrically compatible, and the difference is just in
> the name, we couled introduce a font substitution rule as a fallback.

Upstream typically changes family name because they can’t guarantee metric
compatibility. Adding a font substitution would be defeating upstream.

In this particular case, the new font is significantly larger at the same point
size, see the screenshot.

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