Noto fonts default in lunar instead of DejaVu

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Hi all!

I have updated fontconfig from 2.13 to 2.14 by merging from Debian, and 
want to call your attention to this change:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/ad70d785

In other words, and unlike before, Noto fonts are now preferred over DejaVu.

I noticed the change accidentally during a discussion on a fonts related 
Debian bug. Jeremy Bicha pointed at a Fedora page which probably can be 
considered to provide the rationale for the upstream change:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DefaultToNotoFonts

For a standard Ubuntu installation in some European language this does 
not make a difference, since the fonts-noto-core package is not included 
in the desktop ISO. But as soon as you install fonts-noto-core — for 
whatever reason — the default font for e.g. web browsing will change to 
Noto.

Personally I welcome this change. DejaVu Sans is problematic in the 
sense that one single font file claims to be able to render scripts for 
a lot of languages. And since that file has been the default, meeting 
the wishes from users who speak certain non-latin languages has been 
cumbersome.

The quality of the Noto fonts is often superior compared to older 
non-latin fonts, and the change will make it easier to cherry pick Noto 
for scripts where the users find that desirable.

-- 
Rgds,

Gunnar Hjalmarsson
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj