Re: fonts status page and comparison

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On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 5:27 PM Rajeesh K V <rajeeshknambiar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Thank you for the comment. that is because smc-rachana-fonts is marked
> > > > as optional in @fonts group at comps[1]. if that isn't expected
> > > > behavior, please submit a PR against fedora-comps to correct.
> > >
> > > Meera is included as default font for Malayalam, so we can leave
> > > Rachana as optional.
> >
> > Hm, then we can't see Rachana as default serif font for Malayalam
> > until one installs it though.
>
> Yes, indeed. This is desired, I assume, as there's already a default
> font for the language and users can install additional fonts if they
> like.

Sure. alright.

> > > Indeed, it would be correct to mark Rachana as preferred serif in
> > > place of Meera in 65-nonlatin.conf. Should I raise a bug?
> >
> > Yes, please. but then Meera as serif at the line of Malayalam will be
> > decorated with the orange color because no desired serif font for
> > Malayalam isn't installed. if Meera is acceptable as serif, we should
> > keep it otherwise we should have Rachana as default in comps IMHO.
>
> I would be happy to have Rachana also included in the default, but
> doesn't that cause issues with the default/minimal iso size and
> related concerns raised earlier in the devel list?
> What could be the best trade-off?

You're right. that depends on the size and how important of serif we
have for Malayalam I think.
I'll leave this to you.

Anyway, please feel free to file a bug to update fontconfig config for Rachana.

Thanks,

>
>
> --
> Rajeesh



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