Author: ken
Date: Tue Aug 6 13:15:13 2019
New Revision: 21902
Log:
TTF/OTF fonts - for Source Code Pro prefer the version at github.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Tue Aug 6 11:16:05
2019 (r21901)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Tue Aug 6 13:15:13
2019 (r21902)
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
<para>August 6th, 2019</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Update details for Source Code Pro in TTF/OTF
+ fonts, the Adobe version from github has better coverage.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Update to gtk-doc-1.31. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12361">#12361</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml Tue Aug 6 11:16:05
2019 (r21901)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml Tue Aug 6 13:15:13
2019 (r21902)
@@ -415,12 +415,20 @@
<para>
This set of fonts from Adobe (seven different weights) includes what is
now the preferred monospace font for those applications which use
- <xref linkend="gsettings-desktop-schemas"/>. Either download the full
set of
- source, OTF, TTF, WOFF fonts from <ulink
- url="https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro.git#release";>Source
Code
- Pro</ulink> or just the TTF fonts from <ulink
+ <xref linkend="gsettings-desktop-schemas"/>. The github release <ulink
+
url="https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro.git#release";>source-code-pro</ulink>
+ contains OTF (preferred) and TTF as well as the source and WOFF fonts.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ To use this in terminals, you probably only want the Regular font.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ There is also an older TTF version of this available from <ulink
url="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Code+Pro?selection.family=Source+Code+Pro";>Google
- fonts</ulink>
+ fonts</ulink> but that has very limited coverage (adequate for most
+ European languages using a latin alphabet).
</para>
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