[opensuse-factory] google-croscore-fonts in M17N:fonts

Hi list, I would like to point out, that package containing Croscore fonts (namely serif: Tinos, sans-serif: Arimo, monospace: Cousine) was created in M17N:fonts. These fonts are metric compatible with Liberation fonts and in turn with Microsoft, AMT etc. fonts. (As such are subject to add to /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf in future fontconfig versions.) I would appreciate you test them out. You need nothing more then install them from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/M17N:/fonts/ and add to your ~/.fonts.conf: <fontconfig> <alias> <family>serif</family> <prefer><family>Tinos</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer><family>Arimo</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>monospace</family> <prefer><family>Cousine</family></prefer> </alias> </fontconfig> You can see them then applications/websites using generic names serif, sans-serif and monospace. You can also play with hinting setup and report the best back. For example, it seems to me on my monitor and firefox, that, for Cousine (monospace) font, when for hintstyle=hintfull * BCI is used (autohint=false), 'm' is blured and unreadable in smaller sizes * autohint is used, when varying fontsize, dot inside '0' (zero) is not always in center of the ellipse. Nevertheless I have leave autohint with hintfull for this monospace font enabled and am satisfied with it. For Tinos and Arimo I am using ChromeOs setting (hintfull with BCI) and also am satisfied with it so far. This setting is in .fonts.conf attached, so feel free to save it in your ~ as starting point. Thanks, Petr
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Petr Gajdos