Author: ken
Date: Thu Aug 18 20:09:04 2016
New Revision: 17646
Log:
Noto-fonts: fix up the instructions for people who use the tarball.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/kde/kf5/noto-fonts.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Wed Aug 17 22:47:58
2016 (r17645)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Thu Aug 18 20:09:04
2016 (r17646)
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
<listitem>
<para>August 18th, 2016</para>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - alter the instructions for the smaller version
+ of noto-fonts to prefer hinted (without this, both hinted and
+ unhinted forms of the main fonts were installed).</para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem revision="systemd">
<para>[renodr] - Update to evolution-3.20.5. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8166">#8166</ulink>.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/kde/kf5/noto-fonts.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/kde/kf5/noto-fonts.xml Wed Aug 17 22:47:58 2016 (r17645)
+++ trunk/BOOK/kde/kf5/noto-fonts.xml Thu Aug 18 20:09:04 2016 (r17646)
@@ -31,10 +31,24 @@
<title>Introduction to Noto Fonts</title>
<para>
- The <application>noto-fonts</application> package is a set of fonts
- used by KF5.
+ The <application>noto-fonts</application> package ('No Tofu' i.e.
avoiding
+ boxes with dots [ hex digits ] when a glyph cannot be found) is a set of
+ fonts which aim to cover <emphasis>every glyph in unicode, no matter how
+ obscure</emphasis>. These fonts, or at least the Sans Serif fonts, are
+ used by KF5 (initially only for gtk applications).
</para>
+ <para>
+ Some of these fonts began life as the libre Source Sans Pro fonts from
+ adobe.
+ </para>
+
+ <note><para>As well as the full set, there is a slightly smaller and
+ older set of fonts, with some extra fonts, at
+ <ulink url="¬o-alternate;">¬o-alternate;</ulink> (19 MB). The
+ installation procedures for those are listed separately. Unfortunately,
+ the tarball does not provide the CJK fonts.</para></note>
+
&lfs79_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -71,18 +85,15 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <note><para>There is a smaller file that contains some of the most common
- Noto fonts at <ulink url="¬o-alternate;">¬o-alternate;</ulink>
- (19 MB). The installation procedures are similar to the instructions
- below. Just copy the .ttf files in the tarball to a directory
- in the /usr/share/fonts/ hierarchy.</para></note>
-
+ <note><para>Almost nobody will ever encounter text for which some of these
+ fonts can be used. Consult the wiki to see which fonts you might wish to
+ delete.</para></note>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Noto Fonts Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
- <xref linkend="unzip"/>
+ <xref linkend="unzip"/> (for Noto-hinted.zip)
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
@@ -94,17 +105,58 @@
<title>Installation of Noto Fonts</title>
<note><para>Unlike most other packages there is no need to unpack the
compressed
- noto package before installation.</para></note>
+ Noto-hinted.zip package before installation.</para></note>
+
+ <para>
+ To install <application>Noto Fonts</application> from the full
Noto-hinted
+ zip file, run the following commands as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts/noto &&
+unzip Noto-hinted.zip -d /usr/share/fonts/noto &&
+chmod 0644 /usr/share/fonts/noto/* &&
+fc-cache</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Alternatively, to install a smaller set from the tarball, untar it
+ as normal. You will note that there are both
+ <filename class="directory">hinted/</filename> and
+ <filename class="directory">unhinted/</filename> directories, and
+ the documentation suggests that linux users should install the
+ hinted files.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In fact, there are many other fonts in the <filename
+ class="directory">unhinted</filename> directory, but all except one are
+ historic. The exception is the Noto Sans Symbols font - if Noto Sans is
+ your main font, you will probably want this because of the currency
+ symbols it provides.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In the <filename class="directory">hinted/</filename> directory there are
+ also some duplicate TTC (TrueType Collection) files for NotoSans which do
+ not provide anything useful and similarly some UI variants which were
+ again a dead end.
+ </para>
<para>
- Install the <application>Noto Fonts</application> by running the
following
- commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ To install from the tarball, run the following commands as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
-<screen><userinput>install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto
&&
-unzip Noto-hinted.zip -d /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto &&
-chmod 0644 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto/*</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts/noto
&&
+cp -v LICENSE hinted/*.ttf unhinted/NotoSansSymbols*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/noto
&&
+rm -v /usr/share/fonts/noto/Noto*UI*
&&
+chmod 0644 /usr/share/fonts/noto/*
&&
+fc-cache</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ If you remove any of the fonts, remember to run 'fc-cache' (as root) to
+ update fontconfig.
+ </para>
<para>
This package does not come with a test suite.
@@ -128,7 +180,7 @@
None
</seg>
<seg>
- /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto
+ /usr/share/fonts/noto
</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
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