[Bug 81608] Re: Please use DejaVu Sans Condensed as the default font

[Simon Law]

This is the proposed type scheme for Feisty.  We'll use Bitstream Vera
Sans for document text and DejaVu Sans Condensed for the desktop theme.

There is some concern that DejaVu is not good for character sets outside
the Latin-Greek-Cyrillic languages, so if that's the case, we can cut
out non-LGC characters and rely on fontconfig to pick the right glyph to
display.  Fedora ships with DejaVu LGC, which seems to be the correct
decision.

** Attachment added: "deja-vu-sans-condensed.png"
   http://librarian.launchpad.net/5886107/deja-vu-sans-condensed.png

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: human-gtk-theme
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  This is a wishlist bug that I discussed with Ken Wiimer.
  
  We now ship DejaVu Sans in Feisty, which contains Condensed and
  Condensed Bold flavours.  These are great screen fonts that are quite
  legible and can be used for user-interface elements like window titles,
  menus, and tooltips.  They're clean, since they are based on Bitstream
  Vera Sans, but also thin so that more information fits in the available
  space.
  
  I recommend against using them as the document fonts, since their
  hinting is not up to par with Bitstream Vera Sans, so they look a bit
  blurry.  But for everything else, they're excellent.
  
- In summary, please use DejaVu Sans Condensed as the default user-
+ There is some concern that DejaVu is not good for character sets outside
+ the Latin-Greek-Cyrillic languages, so if that's the case, we can cut
+ out non-LGC characters and rely on fontconfig to pick the right glyph to
+ display.  Fedora ships with DejaVu LGC, which seems to be the correct
+ decision.
+ 
+ In summary, please use DejaVu LGC Sans Condensed as the default user-
  interface font for Ubuntu and Kubuntu.

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Please use DejaVu Sans Condensed as the default font
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81608