Changeset 26a618b for x

Timestamp:

11/29/2023 04:53:24 AM (7 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:

e794a31

Parents:

fca9d68e

Message:

tuningfonts -

Noto 'Latin' fonts are now the preferred fonts.

File:

• x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml

@@ -424 +424 @@
 
     <para>
+      Those three fonts are the first-choice preferences of fontconfig for text
+      in those three alphabets, and they are updated frequently to cover recent
+      Unicode additions such as the extensions for phonetic transcription in
+      Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
       It may be easier to download a specific Noto font by going to <ulink
       url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans">Noto Sans</ulink>
@@ -438 +445 @@
 
     <para>
-      However, you should be aware that <application>fontconfig</application>
-      knows nothing about Noto fonts. The 'Noto Sans Something' fonts are each
-      treated as separate fonts (and for Arabic there is not a specific Sans
-      name), so if you have other fonts installed then the choice of which font
-      to use for missing glyphs where 'Noto Sans' is specified will be random,
-      except that Sans fonts will be preferred over <emphasis>known</emphasis>
-      Serif and Monospace fonts because Sans is the fallback for unknown fonts.
+      For writing systems not using the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets the
+      Noto fonts are not preferred by fontconfig. If you use a Noto font for
+      a modern language where another installed font also covers it (e.g. the
+      DejaVu conts cover several Right-to-Left alphabets), you might need to
+      set a preference for fontconfig - see the previous page.
     </para>