Changeset fcf7e13

Timestamp:

08/30/2023 06:46:22 AM (9 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

41273f26

Parents:

8251b48

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (08/30/2023 06:34:02 AM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (08/30/2023 06:46:22 AM)

Message:

TTF fonts: Correct geographic terms, and add (back) monolithic Noto Sans/Serif CJK

PRC contains mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. (In some
uses "mainland" also contains Hong Kong and Macao, but it depends on
the context).

In mainland China many users want TC and JP fonts alongside SC font
because once you know SC you can just read TC seamlessly, and many
Chinese Linux users (not including me) are Japanese cartoon or game
fans. IMO using the monolithic CJK .ttc font file is easier.

File:

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

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

@@ -464 +464 @@
       codepoints, those outside the Base Plane (greater than U+0xFFFF) are not
       commonly used in Mandarin (the normal form of written Chinese, whether
-      Simplified (PRC) or Traditional (Taiwan)), or Japanese.
+      Simplified (Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore) or Traditional
+      (Hong Kong and Taiwan)), or Japanese.
     </para>
 
@@ -486 +487 @@
     <para>
       If you wish to use Noto fonts, there are also Serif versions of their
-      various CJK fonts.
+      various CJK fonts.  The Noto Sans/Serif SC/TC/HK/JP/KR fonts are
+      derived from a monolithic <ulink
+        url="https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk">noto-cjk</ulink>
+      repository and you can find the
+      <filename class='extension'>.ttc</filename> files for the entire
+      Noto Sans CJK (including SC/TC/HK/JP/KR) or Noto Serif CJK font family
+      there. Google recommends the normal users to use the separate Noto
+      Sans/Serif SC/TC/HK/JP/KR fonts instead, but if you are capable and
+      willing to read texts in more than one CJK character systems it may be
+      easier to use a monolithic
+      <filename class='extension'>.ttc</filename> file for full coverage.
     </para>