Ubuntu Font Testing

[chris hermansen]

Nicholas, I just ran today's updates (mostly ffmpeg in my case).  I have
checked the updates settings: all "install updates from" boxes checked,
updates checked daily, display immediately for both security and other
updates.

The strange little glyph still shows as 0.830 in both the gmail window and
with pango-view.

Checking synaptic, I have ttf-ubuntu-font-family installed.  I searched for
other packages with the terms "font ubuntu" and "font release" but nothing
obvious there.

I checked the Ubuntu font with the font viewer application and it's still
reported as 0.83.

I checked my .fonts directory and there are no ubuntu-related fonts there.
Nothing in /usr/local/share/fonts.

In /usr/share/fonts/ubuntu-font-family, all the .ttf files are dated 10 Jul
2015 except the UbuntuMono files which are dated 26 Sep 2011.

I don't see anything in /usr/share/fonts that looks as though it could be a
new release of ubuntu fonts.

I should mention that this machine is upgraded from 15.04 (ie not a fresh
install), in case that matters.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Nicholas Skaggs <
nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:

> 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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