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User requirements: | User requirements: | ||
* Preferred Fonts on Desktop. | * Preferred Fonts on Desktop. | ||
** User may specify the preferred fonts list for sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive. | |||
* Use several languages on Gnome Desktop. | * Use several languages on Gnome Desktop. | ||
** Some users prefer to use English locale, but also need to read some documents in other locale, such as Chinese, etc. | |||
** Gnome applications may fail to render Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese properly in English locale. | |||
* Tips for CIJK fonts. | * Tips for CIJK fonts. | ||
** Provide some informations to users about how to adjust fonts for CIJK. | |||
== Benefit to Fedora == | == Benefit to Fedora == | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 30 June 2011
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Font Configuration Tool
Summary
This feature is to provide CIJK users to customize the GNOME Desktop Fonts Configuration. The user requirements of desktop fonts are diverse, no single configuration can satisfy all user requirements.
Owner
- Name: Jens Petersen, James Ni, Peng Wu
- Email: petersen@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release:
- Last updated: 2011-06-28
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
User requirements:
- Preferred Fonts on Desktop.
- User may specify the preferred fonts list for sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive.
- Use several languages on Gnome Desktop.
- Some users prefer to use English locale, but also need to read some documents in other locale, such as Chinese, etc.
- Gnome applications may fail to render Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese properly in English locale.
- Tips for CIJK fonts.
- Provide some informations to users about how to adjust fonts for CIJK.
Benefit to Fedora
This will make the Fedora desktop more convenient to use. Many users want to customize the desktop fonts, but lack the knowledge to do so, they will copy others' ~/.fonts.conf to his own home directory. With this tools, the users can customize more on fonts, without need to learn how to write fontconfig conf files.
Scope
- Customize the sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive fonts.
- Customize the languages to be used in pango.
- Tips for fonts usage.