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

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Hi again, Mingye!

I think that fontconfig .conf files are effective whether the fonts were
installed via .deb packages or in some other way, as long as the font
files are placed in a directory which fontconfig looks at. With that
said, if it's possible to make fontconfig pick the most sensible default
font weight without extra configuration, it's indeed a better way.

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

Status in Fontconfig:
  Unknown
Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in fontconfig package in Arch Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  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

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