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== Current status ==
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== Detailed Description ==
== Detailed Description ==
Chinese has two script variants Simplified and Traditional. Noto font using following conventions - SC means Simplified Chinese, TC means Traditional Chinese.
Changes the default fonts for Chinese to Google Noto. each typefaces will be changed as the following:
Changes the default fonts for Chinese to Google Noto. each typefaces will be changed as the following:
* sans-serif
* sans-serif
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* Check if the default font is changed to Noto
* Check if the default font is changed to Noto
** run fc-match for sans, serif, and monospace say
** run fc-match for sans, serif, and monospace say
* Expected results
** $ fc-match sans:lang=zh-tw NotoSansTC-Regular.otf: "Noto Sans TC" "Regular"
** $ fc-match sans:lang=zh-cn NotoSansSC-Regular.otf: "Noto Sans SC" "Regular"
* Check applications, including desktop/toolkit specific and terminals if Chinese characters is properly rendered.
* Check applications, including desktop/toolkit specific and terminals if Chinese characters is properly rendered.


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Latest revision as of 08:25, 12 April 2018


Chinese Default Fonts to Google Noto

Summary

Changes the default fonts for Chinese to Google Noto.

Owner

  • Name: Peng Wu
  • Email: pwu@redhat.com
  • Release notes ticket: #95

Current status

Detailed Description

Chinese has two script variants Simplified and Traditional. Noto font using following conventions - SC means Simplified Chinese, TC means Traditional Chinese.

Changes the default fonts for Chinese to Google Noto. each typefaces will be changed as the following:

  • sans-serif
    • Source Han Sans -> Noto Sans CJK
  • serif
    • Source Han Serif -> Noto Serif CJK
  • monospace
    • Source Han Sans -> Noto Sans Mono CJK


Benefit to Fedora

This changes provides better quality of rendering for Chinese characters and consistencies in look among typefaces.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
    • Update packages with the proper priority of fontconfig config file (adobe-source-han-*-fonts, google-cjk-noto-*-sc-fonts and google-cjk-noto-*-tc-fonts)
    • Update comps
  • Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Release engineering: #7271 (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

  • Check if the default font is changed to Noto
    • run fc-match for sans, serif, and monospace say
  • Expected results
    • $ fc-match sans:lang=zh-tw NotoSansTC-Regular.otf: "Noto Sans TC" "Regular"
    • $ fc-match sans:lang=zh-cn NotoSansSC-Regular.otf: "Noto Sans SC" "Regular"
  • Check applications, including desktop/toolkit specific and terminals if Chinese characters is properly rendered.

User Experience

will see better quality of rendering for Chinese characters on applications and on desktops.

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), No
  • Blocks product? none

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes