Ticket #95 (closed bug: fixed)
Missing Chinese fonts
| Reported by: | dottedmag | Owned by: | dottedmag |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 0.2 |
| Component: | misc | Version: | post-0.1 snapshot |
| Keywords: | fonts | Cc: | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: |
Description (last modified by dottedmag) (diff)
We don't have any Chinese font in our firmware.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by dottedmag
- Milestone changed from 0.1 to bluesky
It really helps to have an idea what fonts should look like. Pushing to bluesky until someone who knows the Chinese typography steps in and implements it.
comment:5 Changed 3 years ago by tutanhamon
We have quite compact "Droid Sans Fallback". The question is if it should be installed by default (as fallback font in fontconfig configuration probably).
see http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com/msg00639.html post and the whole discussion.
comment:6 Changed 3 years ago by diony
WenQuanYi MicroHei 0.2beta is released. it's based on google droid fallback fonts, added lots of chinese characters, but the file size is still small and suitable for embedded devices.
this is the best chinese for oi, maybe.
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by diony
actually, "hei" fonts for chinese are sans serif fonts, while "song" is serif and good for long time reading. but we can not find any one free serif fonts for chinese is small for oi.
comment:8 Changed 3 years ago by dingar
Perhaps we can try MicroHei. http://wenq.org/index.cgi?MicroHei_BigBang_README
comment:10 Changed 2 years ago by dottedmag
- Version set to post-0.1 snapshot
Droid Sans Fallback is now installed to the firmware by default.
MicroHei looks nice, should we replace Droid fonts with this one? Are there glyphs present in Droid Sans Fallback, but missing from Micro Hei?
comment:11 Changed 2 years ago by dottedmag
- Owner set to dottedmag
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:12 Changed 2 years ago by dottedmag
- Milestone changed from 0.2 to bluesky
Moving to later milestone, as there is Chinese font in firmware and no reaction from native readers regarding the quality of fonts.
comment:14 Changed 2 years ago by ftofficer
The QenQuanYi font suggested by diony is already included in 0.2 rc. The quality is very good.
comment:15 Changed 2 years ago by dottedmag
- Status changed from assigned to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
- Milestone changed from 0.3 to 0.2
Okay, then I consider this ticket fixed. Please open then separate bugreports if you find good fonts which worth including (e.g. MicroHei mentioned here).
