[Bug 865013] Re: Ship Ubuntu Mono as default monospace font in Ubuntu 11.10

[Paul Sladen]

** Description changed:

  Counterpart to bug #861334 ("Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console
  font in Ubuntu 11.10"), but easier to implement.
  
- Mark Shuttleworth has requested that Ubuntu Mono Reguloar be used as the
+ Mark Shuttleworth has requested that Ubuntu Mono Regular be used as the
  default monospace font for console use in Ubuntu 11.10.
  
  Hard Freeze was 72 hours ago.  This would require:
  
-   1. Upstream release of Ubuntu Font Family 0.80.  DONE.
-   2. Distro upload of Ubutu Font Family 0.80 minus Medium for oneiric.  DONE.
-   3. Bumping "Ubuntu Mono" to first preference in 'fontconfig-config' package.
+   1. Upstream release of Ubuntu Font Family 0.80.  DONE.
+   2. Distro upload of Ubutu Font Family 0.80 minus Medium for oneiric.  DONE.
+   3. Bumping "Ubuntu Mono" to first preference in 'fontconfig-config' package.
  
  This can be done in the files:
  
-   /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
+   /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
  
  although Droid Sans has another interesting approach in:
  
-      /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-ttf-droid-sans-mono-fonts.conf
+      /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-ttf-droid-sans-mono-fonts.conf
  
  which could be tested.
  
  I have run this past a member of the Ubuntu Doc team, who are happy with
  it, noting that none of the documentation screenshots cover monospace
  fonts.  If there is a case, to the untrained eye one monospace is much
  like another and textual descriptions would be unaffected.
  
  The only potentional outcome that could do with further investigation is
  how to increase the default font size by ~12% to compensate for Ubuntu
  Mono following Inconsolata's metrics, rather than DejaVu Sans Mono's
  metric (the present default).

** Description changed:

  Counterpart to bug #861334 ("Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console
  font in Ubuntu 11.10"), but easier to implement.
  
  Mark Shuttleworth has requested that Ubuntu Mono Regular be used as the
- default monospace font for console use in Ubuntu 11.10.
+ default monospace font for terminal use in Ubuntu 11.10.
  
  Hard Freeze was 72 hours ago.  This would require:
  
    1. Upstream release of Ubuntu Font Family 0.80.  DONE.
    2. Distro upload of Ubutu Font Family 0.80 minus Medium for oneiric.  DONE.
    3. Bumping "Ubuntu Mono" to first preference in 'fontconfig-config' package.
  
  This can be done in the files:
  
    /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
  
  although Droid Sans has another interesting approach in:
  
       /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-ttf-droid-sans-mono-fonts.conf
  
  which could be tested.
  
  I have run this past a member of the Ubuntu Doc team, who are happy with
  it, noting that none of the documentation screenshots cover monospace
  fonts.  If there is a case, to the untrained eye one monospace is much
  like another and textual descriptions would be unaffected.
  
  The only potentional outcome that could do with further investigation is
  how to increase the default font size by ~12% to compensate for Ubuntu
  Mono following Inconsolata's metrics, rather than DejaVu Sans Mono's
  metric (the present default).

** Description changed:

  Counterpart to bug #861334 ("Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console
  font in Ubuntu 11.10"), but easier to implement.
  
  Mark Shuttleworth has requested that Ubuntu Mono Regular be used as the
  default monospace font for terminal use in Ubuntu 11.10.
  
  Hard Freeze was 72 hours ago.  This would require:
  
    1. Upstream release of Ubuntu Font Family 0.80.  DONE.
    2. Distro upload of Ubutu Font Family 0.80 minus Medium for oneiric.  DONE.
-   3. Bumping "Ubuntu Mono" to first preference in 'fontconfig-config' package.
+   3a. Bumping "Ubuntu Mono" to first preference in 'fontconfig-config' package.
+ or:
+   3b. Setting GNOME 'monospace-font-name' preference via gsettings in 'ubuntu-artwork'.
  
- This can be done in the files:
+ This can be done for 'fontconfig-config' in the files:
  
    /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
  
  although Droid Sans has another interesting approach in:
  
       /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-ttf-droid-sans-mono-fonts.conf
  
- which could be tested.
+ which could be tested.  Or for Ubuntu Artwork via a gsettings schema
+ override (providing a default value for a key if no explicit value is
+ otherwise set).  For 'ubuntu-artwork' this would be done by setting
+ 'monospace-font-name=' in the same place that 'font-name=' is set.
  
- I have run this past a member of the Ubuntu Doc team, who are happy with
- it, noting that none of the documentation screenshots cover monospace
- fonts.  If there is a case, to the untrained eye one monospace is much
- like another and textual descriptions would be unaffected.
+ I have run the change of default monospace font past a member of the
+ Ubuntu Doc team, who are happy with it, noting that none of the
+ documentation screenshots cover monospace fonts.  If there is a case, to
+ the untrained eye one monospace is much like another and textual
+ descriptions would be unaffected.
  
  The only potentional outcome that could do with further investigation is
  how to increase the default font size by ~12% to compensate for Ubuntu
  Mono following Inconsolata's metrics, rather than DejaVu Sans Mono's
- metric (the present default).
+ metric (the present default) and investigation into potential
+ integration side-effects/regressions.

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Title:
  Ship Ubuntu Mono as default monospace font in Ubuntu 11.10

Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubuntu-artwork” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Counterpart to bug #861334 ("Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console
  font in Ubuntu 11.10"), but easier to implement.

  Mark Shuttleworth has requested that Ubuntu Mono Regular be used as
  the default monospace font for terminal use in Ubuntu 11.10.

  Hard Freeze was 72 hours ago.  This would require:

    1. Upstream release of Ubuntu Font Family 0.80.  DONE.
    2. Distro upload of Ubutu Font Family 0.80 minus Medium for oneiric.  DONE.
    3a. Bumping "Ubuntu Mono" to first preference in 'fontconfig-config' package.
  or:
    3b. Setting GNOME 'monospace-font-name' preference via gsettings in 'ubuntu-artwork'.

  This can be done for 'fontconfig-config' in the files:

    /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf

  although Droid Sans has another interesting approach in:

       /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-ttf-droid-sans-mono-fonts.conf

  which could be tested.  Or for Ubuntu Artwork via a gsettings schema
  override (providing a default value for a key if no explicit value is
  otherwise set).  For 'ubuntu-artwork' this would be done by setting
  'monospace-font-name=' in the same place that 'font-name=' is set.

  I have run the change of default monospace font past a member of the
  Ubuntu Doc team, who are happy with it, noting that none of the
  documentation screenshots cover monospace fonts.  If there is a case,
  to the untrained eye one monospace is much like another and textual
  descriptions would be unaffected.

  The only potentional outcome that could do with further investigation
  is how to increase the default font size by ~12% to compensate for
  Ubuntu Mono following Inconsolata's metrics, rather than DejaVu Sans
  Mono's metric (the present default) and investigation into potential
  integration side-effects/regressions.

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