Comment 12 for bug 168658

@gez, thanks for the feedback. A few followup comments and questions ...

> Comment #2 : I think this problem has two parts. One is a bug (user doesn't get feedback and original information is silently discarded) and the other can be a nice feature addition in the future (the font alternatives dialog). IMO the "bug" part should be addressed as soon as possible.

I completely agree with this. I think my suggested dialog covers the "bug" part of the problem - it warns the user of missing fonts and lists the missing fonts.

> Comment #4 : The text elements with missing fonts should be marked so the user notice that a substitution took place.

Agreed, and i think my suggested dialog does this by selecting all the affected text elements.

> Comment #10: The "select all the affected objects" box doesn't help at all.

I dont agree. Selecting all the substituted text gives the user clear visual feedback on what objects have been substituted. Once selected the user can apply any kind of filtering, coloring or highlighting to further examine if the substitutions are acceptable or not.

Instead of selecting the affected text elements would you prefer to apply a filter - such as Fill and Transparencey->'Fill Background', or Morphology->'Outline' to highlight the elements ?