Changeset 32f90b1


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Timestamp:
08/29/2023 10:56:29 PM (9 months ago)
Author:
Ken Moffat <ken@…>
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12.0, 12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18
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git-author:
Ken Moffat <ken@…> (08/29/2023 10:54:18 PM)
git-committer:
Ken Moffat <ken@…> (08/29/2023 10:56:29 PM)
Message:

Update details in TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml

  1. mention variable fonts (not generally useful for the desktop)
  2. Cantarell is now at google fonts
  3. The organization of Noto fonts has changed. Provide an example for how to download, and working links for the CJK variants (now just Noto Sans JP etc).
  4. Oxygen Sans and Mono now at google fonts, but each is separate.
  5. Comment the Noto Sans CJK item, the links are no longer useful and the fonts have been renamed.
  6. Fix the debian UMing link to point to the tarball.
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  • x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml

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    4747      If a font provides both TTF and OTF forms, prefer the OTF form in
    4848      linux, it may provide more features for programs which know how to use them
    49       (such as xelatex).
     49      (such as xelatex). But if a font is suppliedi with one or more variable fonts,
     50      do not use those - desktop applications need static fonts. For information
     51      about variable fonts see <ulink
     52      url="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/introducing_type/introducing_variable_fonts/">
     53      Variable Fonts</ulink>, they are partiularly useful where a web page forces one
     54      and specifies details in its CSS.
    5055    </para>
    5156
    … …  
    220225
    221226    <para>
    222       <ulink url=
    223       "&gnome-download-http;/cantarell-fonts/">Cantarell fonts</ulink>
     227      <ulink url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cantarell">Cantarell fonts</ulink>
    224228      &ndash; The Cantarell typeface family provides a contemporary Humanist
    225229      sans serif. It is particularly optimised for legibility at small sizes
    … …  
    359363    <para>
    360364      The <ulink
    361       url="https://www.google.com/get/noto/">Noto fonts</ulink> ('No Tofu', i.e.
     365      url="https://fonts.google.com/noto/">Noto fonts</ulink> ('No Tofu', i.e.
    362366      avoiding boxes with dots [hex digits] when a glyph cannot be found) is a
    363367      set of fonts which aim to cover <emphasis>every glyph in unicode, no
    364368      matter how obscure</emphasis>. These fonts, or at least the Sans Serif
    365       fonts, are used by KF5 (initially only for gtk applications). If you want
    366       to cover historic languages, you can download all the fonts by clicking
    367       on the link at the top of that page.
     369      fonts, are used by KF5 (initially only for gtk applications).
    368370    </para>
    369371
    … …  
    371373      People using languages written in Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets need
    372374      only install Noto Sans itself, and perhaps Noto Sans Symbols for currency
    373       symbols. For more details on the CJK fonts see <xref
    374       linkend="NotoSansCJK"/> below. There are also separate fonts for every
     375      symbols. For more details on the organization of Noto fonts see <ulink
     376      url="https://fonts.google.com/noto/use#how-are-noto-fonts-organized/">how
     377      are noto fonts organized</ulink>. There are also separate fonts for every
    375378      other current writing system, but these too will also require Noto Sans
    376379      (or Noto Serif) and perhaps Noto Symbols.
     380    </para>
     381
     382    <para>
     383      It is perhaps easier to download a specific Noto font by going to <ulink
     384      url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans">Noto Sans</ulink>
     385      and changing the font name as appropriate, with '+' between each word,
     386      e.g. 'Noto+Kufi+Arabic', 'Noto+Serif+Georgian' or whatever, then clicking
     387      on 'Download family'.
    377388    </para>
    378389
    … …  
    397408    <para>
    398409      When KDE Frameworks 5 was first released, it used the <ulink url=
    399       "https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/5.4.3/oxygen-fonts-5.4.3.tar.xz">
    400       Oxygen fonts</ulink>
     410      "https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oxygen">Oxygen Sans</ulink> and
     411      <ulink url=
     412      "https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oxygen+Mono">OxygenMono</ulink> fonts
    401413      which were designed for integrated use with the KDE desktop. Those fonts
    402414      are no-longer actively maintained, so KDE made a decision to switch to
    … …  
    404416      <emphasis>required</emphasis> by 'startkde'.
    405417    </para>
    406 
    407     <para>
    408       Originally these fonts were only supplied as source, needing <xref
    409       linkend="cmake"/> and <xref linkend="fontforge"/> to create the TTF
    410       files. But for a while the source has also included the prepared TTF.
    411       The only unusual feature is that each TTF file is in its own subdirectory
    412       (<filename class="directory">oxygen-fonts/{*-?00}/</filename>) with the
    413       source in further subdirectories. You could just install the whole
    414       tarball if you prefer, although that will waste space.
    415     </para>
    416 
    417418
    418419    <bridgehead renderas="sect3" id="source-code-pro"
    … …  
    474475      contains more than 1900 characters). Earlier fonts will not be able to
    475476      support either Cantonese or use of these characters where local names are
    476       written in Mandarin. The UMing HK, Noto Sans CJK HK and WenQuanYi Zen Hei
     477      written in Mandarin. The UMing HK, Noto Sans HK and WenQuanYi Zen Hei
    477478      fonts all seem to cover Hong Kong usage
    478       (<application>fontconfig</application> disagrees about Noto Sans CJK HK).
     479      (<application>fontconfig</application> disagrees about Noto Sans HK).
    479480    </para>
    480481
    … …  
    483484      narrower. For their CJK content, all of these fonts can be regarded as
    484485      monospaced (i.e. fixed width).
     486    </para>
     487
     488    <para>
     489      If you wish to use Noto fonts, there are also Serif versions of their
     490      various CJK fonts.
    485491    </para>
    486492
    … …  
    500506      looks quite different, and modern Hei ("sans"). Unless you appreciate the
    501507      differences, you probably do not want to install Kai fonts.
     508    </para>
     509
     510    <para>
     511      The current versions of Chinese Noto Sans fonts can be found at <ulink
     512      url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans+SC">Noto Sans SC</ulink>
     513      for Simplified Chinese, <ulink
     514      url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans+TC">Noto Sans TC</ulink>
     515      for Traditional Chinese, and as mentioned above <ulink
     516      url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans+HK">Noto Sans HK</ulink>
     517      for use in Hong Kong.
    502518    </para>
    503519
    … …  
    514530    </para> -->
    515531
     532<!-- the get/noto/help/cjk url now gives general info on the organization of
     533    Noto fonts, linked from above.  The current versions are no-longer in
     534    ttc packages, there is a separate set of files for each CJK language.
     535    Therefore, this appears to be redundant.
     536
    516537    <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="NotoSansCJK"
    517538    xreflabel="Noto Sans CJK">Noto Sans CJK</bridgehead>
    518539
    519     <!-- indexterm entry retained for future linkage from kde -->
     540    <!\-\- indexterm entry retained for future linkage from kde \-\->
    520541    <indexterm zone="TTF-and-OTF-fonts NotoSansCJK">
    521542      <primary sortas="a-noto-sans-cjk">Noto Sans CJK</primary>
    … …  
    530551      all weights in a 110MB file, or you can download subsets. There are
    531552      also Monospace versions.
    532     </para>
     553    </para> -->
    533554
    534555    <bridgehead renderas="sect4" id="Opendesktop-fonts"
    … …  
    575596    <para>
    576597      <ulink url=
    577       "https://packages.debian.org/sid/fonts-arphic-uming">UMing fonts</ulink>
     598      "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fonts-arphic-uming/">UMing fonts</ulink>
    578599      &ndash; sets of Chinese Ming fonts (from Debian, use the '.orig' tarball)
    579600      in a ttc which contain variations of Simplified and Traditional Chinese
    … …  
    617638
    618639    <para>
    619       Apart from the fonts detailed below, also consider <xref
    620       linkend="NotoSansCJK"/>.
     640      Apart from the fonts detailed below, also consider <ulink
     641      url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans+JP">Noto Sans
     642      JP</ulink>.
     643
    621644    </para>
    622645
    … …  
    692715
    693716    <para>
    694       Alternatively, consider <xref linkend="NotoSansCJK"/> (all of the
    695       variants cover Hangul) or <xref linkend="wenquanyi-zenhei"/>.
     717      Alternatively, consider <ulink
     718      url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans+KR">Noto Sans
     719      KR</ulink> or <xref linkend="wenquanyi-zenhei"/>.
    696720    </para>
    697721
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