I have double check about your snapshot and suggestions. Not sure if this is a big problems, maybe this because I'm not using Japanese, But it truly doesn't cause any uncomfortable to me.
I am testing Noto Sans CJK on my daily use laptop. The line height is more problematic than I expected.
For example, as shown the screen shot of Plasma kick off menu, we need change minimal screen resolution.
During writing this mail, the spaces between lines are too big.
BTW, the width of Hiragana and Katakana might cause another problem. Although we have been used proportional (variable) width for those characters for screens (UIs), Noto Sans provides fixed width glyphs.
# Japanese consume more horizontal spaces for ICT words than Chinese.
Another problem is Noto will cover more characters than other fonts. we won't see much blank in document if we turn to google-noto.
I think on Linux desktop, that is *not* the problem Noto Sans resolves. Due to font-config, if a glyph is not provided by the current font, font-config can pick glyphs from another font.
The problem Noto Sans resolves is, as described on its website, "to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel."
I know this is problem especially when reading a document written in multiple languages. Moreover, if users who mainly use English, for example, and installed CJK fonts other than Noto Sans then the CJK fonts is used for English words. Using Noto Sans globally will resolve these issues.
I will ask Japanese community to try Noto Sans CJK JP and send feedback.
I will agree. If there are great objected in Japanese community, Maybe it means google-noto fonts don't fit Japan people now. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-m17n+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-m17n+owner@opensuse.org