On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 06:41:59PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> Depending on fontconfig setting of a build system, it chooses
> one of available sans-serif font families for generic font in
> SVG files while SVG --> PDF conversion by Inkscape.
>
> utilities/fixsvgfonts{-urwps}.sh scripts explicitly converted it
> into "Nimbus Sans", which is a clone of Helvetica.
>
> "DejaVu Sans", which originated from "Bitstream Vera", is slightly
> wider than Helvetica and it is the fallback of Paul's setting.
>
> Update fixsvgfonts{-urwps}.sh so that the explicit conversion meets
> Paul's expectation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi Paul,
>
> This change assumes "fc-match sans-serif" returns "DejaVu Sans"
> under your setting. The slight width mismatch causes texts you
> centered inside boxes to be left shifted slightly.
>
> If you don't see "DejaVu Sans" from the command above, what does
> it say?
$ fc-match sans-serif
DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"
So it appears you assumption is correct.
You know, I distinctly recall a time when the concern was a lack of
machine-usable fonts. ;-)
Queued and pushed, thank you!!! The new look of Figure 15.2 is much
improved, very good!
Thanx, Paul
> Thanks, Akira
> --
> utilities/fixsvgfonts-urwps.sh | 2 +-
> utilities/fixsvgfonts.sh | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/utilities/fixsvgfonts-urwps.sh b/utilities/fixsvgfonts-urwps.sh
> index 21eb15349063..5af10514a4d8 100644
> --- a/utilities/fixsvgfonts-urwps.sh
> +++ b/utilities/fixsvgfonts-urwps.sh
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
> sed -e 's+:Helvetica+:Nimbus Sans+g' \
> -e 's+="Helvetica+="Nimbus Sans+g' \
> -e 's+:Sans+:Nimbus Sans+g' \
> - -e 's+:sans-serif+:Nimbus Sans+g' \
> + -e 's+:sans-serif+:DejaVu Sans+g' \
> -e 's+:Courier+:Nimbus Mono PS+g' \
> -e 's+="Courier+="Nimbus Mono PS+g' \
> -e 's+:monospace+:DejaVu Sans Mono+g' \
> diff --git a/utilities/fixsvgfonts.sh b/utilities/fixsvgfonts.sh
> index 1fa4fedb2829..d75becdeef81 100644
> --- a/utilities/fixsvgfonts.sh
> +++ b/utilities/fixsvgfonts.sh
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
> sed -e 's+:Helvetica+:Nimbus Sans L+g' \
> -e 's+="Helvetica+="Nimbus Sans L+g' \
> -e 's+:Sans+:Nimbus Sans L+g' \
> - -e 's+:sans-serif+:Nimbus Sans L+g' \
> + -e 's+:sans-serif+:DejaVu Sans+g' \
> -e 's+:Courier+:Nimbus Mono L+g' \
> -e 's+="Courier+="Nimbus Mono L+g' \
> -e 's+:monospace+:DejaVu Sans Mono+g' \
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>
