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* compare the output of: <pre>fc-match -s :family=<name>:lang=<loc></pre> in both cases, with ''<name>'' the font family you requested<ref>For example ''sans'', ''serif''…</ref> and ''<loc>'' the target locale<ref>For example ''ja-jp'', ''zh'', etc.</ref>. | * compare the output of: <pre>fc-match -s :family=<name>:lang=<loc></pre> in both cases, with ''<name>'' the font family you requested<ref>For example ''sans'', ''serif''…</ref> and ''<loc>'' the target locale<ref>For example ''ja-jp'', ''zh'', etc.</ref>. | ||
* if necessary, [[Identifying fonts|identify]] more precisely the problem font, | * if necessary, [[Identifying fonts|identify]] more precisely the problem font, | ||
* examine the fontconfig rules shipped with the problem package | * examine the fontconfig rules shipped with the problem package, | ||
# yum install fontpackages-devel meld | |||
$ meld foo.conf /usr/share/fontconfig/templates/bar.conf | |||
* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora report] your findings. | * [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora report] your findings. | ||
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{{:Fonts_SIG_signature}} [[Category:Fonts and text QA |Fontconfig]]</noinclude | {{:Fonts_SIG_signature}} [[Category:Fonts and text QA |Fontconfig]]</noinclude> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:01, 11 December 2009
Fontconfig has a modular design, allowing each font to contribute its own font substitution rules and workarounds, without requiring the maintenance of a large centralised static ruleset. However that also means a single package with broken rules can destabilise font priorities and make them less than awesome.
Our fontconfig rules have many origins[1] and mistakes are common[2]. To help identify and fix them:
- try to find a packageset that works and packageset that does not
- compare the output of:
fc-match -s :family=<name>:lang=<loc>
in both cases, with <name> the font family you requested[3] and <loc> the target locale[4]. - if necessary, identify more precisely the problem font,
- examine the fontconfig rules shipped with the problem package,
# yum install fontpackages-devel meld $ meld foo.conf /usr/share/fontconfig/templates/bar.conf
- report your findings.
Notes:
- ↑
- default rules provided by fontconfig upstream,
- rules written by Fedora packagers using our own templates: install fontpackages-devel and look in /usr/share/fontconfig/templates/,
- rules written by Fedora packagers without regard for our templates,
- rules written by font projects.
- ↑ While trying to:
- workaround KDE/QT fontconfig processing bugs,
- make sure one's font is the default for some languages,
- make sure one's font rendering preferences are default for one font,
- ↑ For example sans, serif…
- ↑ For example ja-jp, zh, etc.
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