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Malayalam Default Fonts Update

Summary

This change will update existing default Malayalam fonts and also rename to new upstream Source.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 36
  • Last updated: 2022-01-06
  • FESCo issue:
  • Tracker bug:
  • Release notes tracker:

Detailed Description

Till Fedora 35, Meera (smc-meera-fonts) and Rachana (smc-rachana-fonts) fonts were default sans-serif and serif fonts for Malayalam script/language. From Fedora 36, these are obsolete by Meera New (rit-meera-new-fonts) and RIT Rachana (rit-rachana-fonts) respectively.

Style F35 Fontname F36 Fontname
Sans-Serif Meera Meera New
Serif Rachana RIT Rachana

Benefit to Fedora

Enhance the experience of Fedora for Malayalam users by improving font rendering quality.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
  1. Add new packages rit-meera-new-fonts and rit-rachana-fonts
  2. update langpacks package for these font packages
  3. update fedora-comps to install these new Malayalam fonts by default
  • Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • 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 Malayalam web sites which uses both Malayalam Sans and Serif fonts
  • Use LibreOffice, use Sans and Serif fonts to see if it uses different fonts

User Experience

  • With good quality Malayalam Sans and Serif fonts, the Desktop or Web Browser

will display with both Sans and Serif fonts.

  • With different Sans and Serif fonts, the Workstation will have better

font rendering quality.

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

Revert to use older Malayalam fonts.

  • 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? No

Documentation

Release Notes

By using both Malayalam Sans and Serif fonts, the Workstation will improve Malayalam fonts rendering quality for users.