[ubuntu-cym] Fwd: Feedback on preferred fonts for the LiveCD

[Christopher Swift]

Mark I believe that what David is trying to do is find a universal
font for each script.  So in our case English & Welsh are covered by
Latin Script which is currently set as DejaVu Sans.  Of course if
there are speakers of other languages on this list feel free to
suggest fonts for other scripts but David's objective is to save as
much space as possible on the LiveCD to bundle more stuff into there
without wasting resources such as using multiple fonts for just one
script.

All the best,
Chris.

On 12 February 2010 17:53, Mark Jones <mark at welshdragon.headweb.co.uk> wrote:
> Please can somebody take a look at this?
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: David Planella <david.planella at ubuntu.com>
>> Date: 12 February 2010 12:25:42 PMGMT
>> To: Ubuntu Translators <ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Feedback on preferred fonts for the LiveCD
>>
>> Hi translators,
>>
>> As you know, while trying to offer a better experience for users in
>> all
>> languages and trying to balance that with features, we are faced with
>> the fact that the space on the Live CD is limited.
>>
>> Fonts in particular take a lot of space, and we'd like to reduce
>> that to
>> the minimum necessary in order to have a reduced set to correctly
>> display all languages. These will then be collected in an
>> 'ubuntu-desktop-fonts' package.
>>
>> This will only be for the Live CD. In an installation with network
>> connectivity all required font packages, writing aids, etc. will be
>> downloaded and installed as usual. This will also not yet solve the
>> issue whereby only a few languages are included on the CD, but will
>> free
>> some more space on it and avoid duplication.
>>
>> Arne Götje has started a wiki page to collect feedback on this, and
>> I'd
>> like to ask you to add the information for your particular
>> language/script combination and complete the tables at:
>>
>>  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/PreferredFonts
>>
>> Here's how you can do it:
>>
>>     1. Look for your language/script on the list. If it does not fall
>>        in any of the existing categories, you can just add it
>>             A. If the current font for basic display of messages is
>>                correct, simply add an "OK" note to the Remarks column.
>>             B. If not, please suggest a better font (a maximum of two,
>>                in order of preference) and add a note on the Remarks
>>                column as well
>>     2. That's it! If you've got any questions, feel free to ask them
>> on
>>        this list.
>>
>> If this is too technical for you, or you are not used to deal with
>> fonts, feel free to contact someone knowledgeable on fonts in your
>> local
>> community to help us complete the info.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Regards,
>> David.
>>
>> P.S. Additionally, I might individually contact some of the local team
>> coordinators to get some more feedback on particular languages.
>>
>> --
>> David Planella
>> Ubuntu Translations Coordinator
>> david(dot)planella(at)ubuntu(dot)com
>> www.ubuntu.com
>>
>>
>>
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