[Bug 1556457] Re: [Resolved Upstream] Demilight (OS/2 weight=350) confuses fontconfig

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

** Description changed:

+ [FFe request comment]
+ 
+ Upgrading to fontconfig 2.11.94 is proposed as a fix of this bug,
+ including a fix of certain font weight issues due to the switch from
+ fonts-droid to fonts-noto-cjk for Chinese (discussed at bug #1468027)
+ where we haven't found any way to work around the problem.
+ 
+ The proposed upload is available in this PPA:
+ https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/fontconfig-test2
+ 
+ [Original description including updates]
+ 
  See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81453 and bug 1468027.
  
  Fontconfig lacks support for many OpenType/TrueType OS/2 font weight
  values. This causes a bunch of problems, like mixing up Demilight
  (weight=350) and Regular (weight=400).
  
  Although it's possible to write (dirty?) hacks for deb-packed fonts,
  this still causes problems for otherwise sourced fonts.
  
  Archlinux: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/48550 (fix released, upgraded
  to 2.11.94)

** Summary changed:

- [Resolved Upstream] Demilight (OS/2 weight=350) confuses fontconfig
+ [FFe] Demilight (OS/2 weight=350) confuses fontconfig

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Title:
  [FFe] Demilight (OS/2 weight=350) confuses fontconfig

Status in Fontconfig:
  Fix Released
Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in fontconfig package in Arch Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  [FFe request comment]

  Upgrading to fontconfig 2.11.94 is proposed as a fix of this bug,
  including a fix of certain font weight issues due to the switch from
  fonts-droid to fonts-noto-cjk for Chinese (discussed at bug #1468027)
  where we haven't found any way to work around the problem.

  The proposed upload is available in this PPA:
  https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/fontconfig-test2

  [Original description including updates]

  See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81453 and bug
  1468027.

  Fontconfig lacks support for many OpenType/TrueType OS/2 font weight
  values. This causes a bunch of problems, like mixing up Demilight
  (weight=350) and Regular (weight=400).

  Although it's possible to write (dirty?) hacks for deb-packed fonts,
  this still causes problems for otherwise sourced fonts.

  Archlinux: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/48550 (fix released,
  upgraded to 2.11.94)

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