Ubuntu Font Testing

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Chris, that's correct. You should have 0.84, which is the new version. 
Are you running an up to date Wily?


Checkout 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/ubuntu-font-family-sources

Nicholas

On 01/05/2016 05:23 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
> Nicholas,
>
> What I see when I execute this:
>
> pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text='<span 
> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</span>'
>
> is (all on one line):
>
>  1. 0.830 in very small text
>  2. something that looks like 88 on a 7-segment display
>  3. a space
>  4. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>
> So just to be super-clear, I don't see a ".84" in that string.  I also 
> don't see it in the text of this e-mail; what I see looks a single 
> glyph whose strokes make 0.830 in very small letters.
>
> I had an inspiration and checked with my font view application.  It 
> tells me my Ubuntu font is:
>
> Name: Ubuntu
>
> Style: Regular
>
> Type: TrueType font
>
> Version: 0.83
>
> Copyright: Copyright 2011 Canonical Ltd. Licensed under the Ubuntu 
> Font License 1.0
>
> Does this mean I don't have the new version?
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Nicholas Skaggs 
> <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Chris, ahh. Yea, the new version is .84, and you can confirm you
>     have it by seeing 0.84 in the beginning:
>
>     pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text='<span
>     fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
>     dog.</span>'
>
>     The other font you don't have. I removed it from the directions.
>     It's from when we did the PPA testing. Thanks for catching this!
>
>     Nicholas
>
>     On 01/05/2016 03:40 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>
>         Nicholas, a further question if I may:
>
>         I am running 100% up to date Wily.
>
>         When, as per the instructions, I execute:
>
>         pango-view --font="UbuntuPrerelease0910 48" --markup
>         --text='<span fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps
>         over the lazy dog.</span>'
>
>         I see what appears to be exactly the same display as when I
>         execute
>
>         pango-view --font="Deja Vu 48" --markup --text='<span
>         fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
>         dog.</span>'
>
>         That is, the text looks to be rendered in exactly the same
>         font: same glyphs, same size, everything.  And pretty clearly
>         different from plain old Ubuntu.
>
>         Any ideas?  Is UbuntuPrerelease0910 not really installed in my
>         Wily and somehow I'm getting Deja Vu instead?  Should I be
>         asking this question somewhere else?
>
>
>         On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Nicholas Skaggs
>         <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>> wrote:
>
>             Yea, crazy crazy link. I send in plain text, so I didn't think
>             about it. The link has spaces in it.
>
>             Let me just end the madness by fixing the wiki:
>
>         https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFontFamily/Testing
>
>             Nicholas
>
>
>             On 01/05/2016 03:08 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>
>                 Nicolas, that link redirected me to
>         https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=show&redirect=Ubuntu
>
>
>
>                 On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Nicholas Skaggs
>                 <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>                 <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>
>                 <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>                 <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>         <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>>> wrote:
>
>                     Some of you have been at this already, but either way,
>                 please have
>                     a look at the new Ubuntu Font if you are running
>         Wily. It
>                 has some
>                     fixes in it, specifically we need to verify 4 bugs
>         + the
>                 Arabic
>                     and Hebrew fixes. Full details can be found here:
>         https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu Font Family/Testing
>
>                     Happy Testing!
>
>                     Nicholas
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