[Bug 528675] Review Request: knm-new-fonts - 12x12 JIS X 0208 Bitmap font

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--- Comment #5 from Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net>  2009-10-19 17:39:14 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > 4. you should put 
> > /etc/X11/fontpath.d/knm-new
> > and
> > /usr/share/fonts/knm-new/fonts.dir
> > in a separate legacy subpackage
> 
> Is there any template or the proposed subpackage name for that?
> knm-new-fixed-legacy-fonts? or knm-new-fixed-fonts-legacy?

There are not conventions here because I try very hard to forget core fonts
exist, and new packages are not supposed to register in the core fonts system.
So that's only a problem for old packages.

Technically, you only have to put this stuff in a separate subpackage for
multi-font srpms (because fonts.dir can only be provided by a single package),
so in your case that's not absolutely needed. Sorry about this, should not have
bothered you with it

> > 7. It would be nice to include a fontconfig file for the font
> 
> I'm not quite sure if this kind of the bitmap fonts only available for some pt.
> really helps though. 

The fontconfig file should not change the font visibility, and apps that can
use them will be happy

> hmm, I haven't tested but something like this?
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8">
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "../fonts.dtd">
> <fontconfig>
>   <alias>
>     <family>Fixed</family>
>     <default>
>       <family>monospace</family>
>     </default>
>   </alias>
>   <match>
>     <test name="lang">
>       <string>ja-jp</string>
>     </test>
>     <test name="family">
>       <string>monospace</string>
>     </test>
>     <test name="size" compare=eq">
>       <double>12</double>
>     </test>
>     <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
>       <string>Fixed</string>
>     </edit>
>   </match>
> </fontconfig>

Please take /usr/share/fontconfig/templates/l10n-font-template.conf as model
(adding maybe the size tweak)

> FWIW I don't think Japanese people wants to see the bitmap glyphs for the
> desktop.  

Some people say yes, others no, people have tried to write CJK rules in
fontconfig for years without making everyone happy, at this stage let's not try
to be creative and just use our standard template. Behdad is the only one that
can hope untangling this mess.

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