Werner LEMBERG wrote:
On the contrary, I think it would be confusing if it depends on the
font name the user selects whether the `size' feature gets applied or
not.
The 'LM Roman 12' you're referring to in your fc-list output is just
an alternative family name for this particular file and is not
technically related to the design size property of that font,
Well, it's the `name' table entry with ID 1, `font family'. For the
`size' feature, it should use the `preferred family', ID 16.
and I think using it in a pattern should only treat it as that and
not try to guess some other property values out of it (or substitute
it with the Preferred Name, for that matter).
Hmm. I think it would be good if FontConfig checks ID 16 even if the
user specifies ID 1.
Ah, I think I see what you mean -- the (cited below) part of the spec
that says that when a user selects a different size for some 'current'
font, then the application should scan all other fonts with the same
preferred family name?
"Size ranges: [...] When any such font is selected by the user, the
application builds a list of all fonts with this subfamily value and the
same Preferred Family name, and notes the size range in the current
font. [...] If the specified size falls in the current font's range, the
application uses the current font. If not, the application checks the
other ranges in the subfamily, and if the specified size falls in one of
them, uses that font. [...]"
I'm not really sure how that applies to fontconfig, given its different
user interface (family and size are always matched in one go) and the
fact that it already lists the Preferred Family first, which should
really suffice in most situations.
In this particular case, "LM Roman 12" is also just a very bad family
name to return a different size for.
Raimund
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