Changeset fe9d1b1d

Timestamp:

11/22/2023 09:22:43 PM (6 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:

1f9b99f

Parents:

dcfb862

Message:

tuning fontconfig - update 45-latin.conf :

Explain what 'latin' means in this context.

Detail all the font types mapped there.

Mention that 49-sansserif is where an unrecognized font is assumed
to be Sans.

File:

• x/installing/tuning-fontconfig.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/installing/tuning-fontconfig.xml

@@ -245 +245 @@
       <filename>30-metric-aliases.conf</filename> is used to map aliases for
       some fonts with the same metrics (same size, etc). After that, an
-      unknown font will be searched for in <filename>45-latin.conf</filename> -
-      if it is found it will be mapped as Serif or Monospace or Sans, otherwise
-      it will be assumed to be Sans. Then <filename>60-latin.conf</filename>
+      unknown font will be searched for in <filename>45-latin.conf</filename>:
+      'latin' covers cyrillic and greek, and now also maps system-ui fonts which
+      are used for User Interface messages in non-latin alphabets. If the font
+      is found it will be mapped as serif, sans-serif, monospace, fantasy,
+      cursive, or system-ui.  Otherwise, 49-sansserif.conf will assume it is
+      Sans. Then <filename>60-latin.conf</filename>
       provides ordered lists of the fallbacks - <xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/>
       will be used if you installed them. Cyrillic and Greek appear to be