https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308744
Bug ID: 2308744
Summary: Upgrade Fira Sans to version 4.301 (post-Mozilla
involvement) and package FiraGO
Product: Fedora
Version: 40
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Component: mozilla-fira-fonts
Severity: medium
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
QA Contact: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Classification: Fedora
From https://bboxtype.com/fira/ :
> Originally designed as a typeface for the Mozilla OS, Fira Sans has developed
> towards a standalone Open Font project. In 2012, we designed the firstversion
> of Fira in cooperation with Erik Spiekermann and Mozilla. Over the next
> years, Fira covered more and more languages and provided further weights and
> styles.
> In 2016, with version 4.2, Mozilla decided to not put effort into the project
> anymore and in fact quit (please note that their Git is not up to date).
> Since 2016, we advance the project with the help of different partners. Fira
> Sans 4.3 will presumably be the last version. All upcoming extensions will be
> based on FiraGO.
Essentially Mozilla stopped working on Fira Sans but it was kept being worked
on by bBox Type GmbH.
This might also make a opportunity to migrate to the Fira Mono version by bBox
Type GmbH and also package FiraGo which isn't packaged yet.
For more info about Fira GO vs Fira Sans:
https://bboxtype.com/downloads/Projects/FiraGO_FiraSans_180109.pdf
Migrating to the bBox Type versions might requiring renaming of the package to
drop the "mozilla" prefix, as Mozilla is not involved anymore.
Reproducible: Always
This is essentially a request to move the Fira Sans e Fira Mono fonts from the
Mozilla upstream to the bBox Type upstream.
As an extra it's also a request to separately start packaging FiraGO, an
extended version of Fira Sans with improved language support.
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