[opensuse-gnome] GNOME 3 and Cyrillic glyphs
Hi all, Sorry to bring this all again, but it seems I failed big time and Cantarell fonts really do not have support for Cyrillic glyphs. As many people are aware the Russian speaking community is a big part of the openSUSE user base (for example, the default install does contemplate the russian lang packages alongside with german and another I don't recall, probably english). I've taken the liberty of opening a bug report upstream (bgo#652833), and we'll see what happens. As for openSUSE GNOME there's two paths we can follow: 1. Continue with Cantarell and check future developments from upstream with Cantarell and kindly suggest our Russian users to change fonts upon install; 2. Use a font that supports the current glyphs (ex: latin) and russian as default (eventually everyone should be happy). I know before hand that Deja Vu fonts do have some support for Cyrillic glyphs alongside with others (ex: greek). I just thought it would be interesting to bring the subject once more to your concern and see if we can do something to make life easier for our Russian speaking community. Nelson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 18:21 +0100, Nelson Marques wrote:
Sorry to bring this all again, but it seems I failed big time and Cantarell fonts really do not have support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Can't one define some rule in fontconfig so that the missing glyphs are picked from another font? The letterforms may not have the same style, but at least you'll have legible text. (Or is this about really having the same style for Cyrillic?) Federico -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org
Can't one define some rule in fontconfig so that the missing glyphs are picked from another font? The letterforms may not have the same style, but at least you'll have legible text.
(Or is this about really having the same style for Cyrillic?)
Hi, This was raised by bnc#699959 regarding Fifth Leg, which isn't used as default for GNOME3. Though the bug is mainly about branding (which suggests an issue for -project, -artwork or -board), the fact that the font doesn't support cyrillic glyphs does have a minimum impact on user experience. You are correct fontconfig does handle it, but if we can provide G3 with a font that supports more options would most likely deliver more value to users and provide more a consistent experience. NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org
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Federico Mena Quintero
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Nelson Marques