Changeset 18024d6 for x/installing


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Timestamp:
11/29/2023 06:35:27 AM (5 months ago)
Author:
Ken Moffat <ken@…>
Branches:
12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, trunk, xry111/llvm18
Children:
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Parents:
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Message:

tuningfonts -

Italic is a style, not a face - make the fontconfg page match
the TTF-and-OTF-fonts page.

Do not use caps for 'variable', it is not a proper noun.

Typos.

Change one or two 'normal' to other words: too many uses of normal
throughout the page. Mozilla's CSS doc describes weight 400 as
'Normal (Regular)', so for weights normal is the correct word
(Regular only applies to non-book non-oblique non-slant styles).

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  • x/installing/tuning-fontconfig.xml

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    4141    <para>
    4242      Unfortunately, some of the terminology is ambiguous (e.g. 'font face' can
    43       mean a name known to fontconfig, <emphasis>or</emphasis> the normal, italic
     43      mean a name known to fontconfig, <emphasis>or</emphasis> the ordinary,
    4444      condensed, etc variations of a font).
    4545    </para>
    … …  
    320320      some fonts with the same metrics (same size, etc). Note that there are
    321321      both weak and strong aliases so that aliases for one form such as
    322       Helvetica or Times New Roman can be stisfied by the other style, i.e.
     322      Helvetica or Times New Roman can be satisfied by the other style, i.e.
    323323      anything which is an alias of Arial or Times in those examples. some
    324324      examples of Latin fonts with the same metrics can be found in the
    … …  
    434434      The system-ui category is unusual. It is for interface messages, so some
    435435      scripts need special versions to fit in the available space. For Latin,
    436       Greek and Cyrillic a normal sans font should fit without problems. However,
     436      Greek and Cyrillic an ordinary sans font should fit without problems. However,
    437437      the first preferred font is Cantarell, followed by Noto Sans UI. Cantarell
    438438      started as a Latin sans-serif font, that has been forked in Gnome under
    … …  
    790790            <xref linkend="wenquanyi-zenhei"/>  (Sans, but a default for Serif
    791791            and monospace) is used. A previous version of this page mentioned
    792             using UMing which is a traditional-style chinese font that ships
     792            using UMing which is a Traditional Chinese font that ships
    793793            with an old conf file preferring it for zh-tw and zh-hk language
    794794            codes (and for sans-serif and monospace). But without the conf file,
    … …  
    959959      with a  maximum of two weights - either Regular or Book (Book typically
    960960      has a larger X-height to make it easier to read in large blocks of text),
    961       and  Bold - and perhaps an Italic or Slant face. A few fonts also had
     961      and  Bold - and perhaps an Italic (or Slant) style. A few fonts also had
    962962      Condensed faces (to fit more text into a line and usually only used when
    963963      specified). Without CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) markup, text used the
    964964      Regular or Book weight except when &lt;b&gt; ... &lt;/b&gt; markup was
    965       used for bold text. Italic fonts would be invoked by &lt;i&gt; ... &lt;/i&gt;
     965      used for bold text. Italic styles would be invoked by &lt;i&gt; ... &lt;/i&gt;
    966966      markup, along with the bold markup for Bold Italic.
    967967    </para>
    968968
    969969    <para>
    970       Some faces now contain up to 9 weights, possibly also with a Variable font
     970      Some faces now contain up to 9 weights, possibly also with a variable font
    971971      (to save space by including all the alternatives in one file and possibly
    972972      allowing intermediate weights). For most desktop users who do not need this
    973973      wide range of weights for creating content, it is simpler to only install
    974       one or two weights. If a face has individual weights plus a Variable font,
    975       the Variable font is usually in the top level of the supplied directory,
     974      one or two weights. If a face has individual weights plus a variable font,
     975      the variable font is usually in the top level of the supplied directory,
    976976      with individual weights in a <filename class="directory">static/</filename>
    977977      subdirectory. Except when initially reviewing a font, it makes no sense to
    978       install both static and Variable, nor all the possible weights.
     978      install both static and variable, nor all the possible weights.
    979979    </para>
    980980
    … …  
    10531053      Xfce desktop: The settings can be adjusted in
    10541054      <application>Settings</application> Appearance -> Fonts. Specify your
    1055       preferred fonts, e.g. 'Sans Regular' (to use the regular face and weight
     1055      preferred fonts, e.g. 'Sans Regular' (to use the normal face and weight
    10561056      rather than Bold and/or Italic) and adjust the point size in the option.
    10571057      Review the Rendering and DPI options.
    … …  
    10741074      uses fontconfig to find the font, it created its own bold or slanted text.
    10751075      It is not clear if it will do the same where a font actually has bold weight
    1076       or an italic face. Also, documentation shows that libreoffice has its own
     1076      or an italic style. Also, documentation shows that libreoffice has its own
    10771077      substitution rules for when a codepoint is not found in the selected font,
    10781078      but is unclear if those rules apply on Linux using fontconfig.
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