then, why not write a script to let people change the default Asian font easily? like the im-swtich script that let us switch the default input method.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Qianqian Fang <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/10/2010 12:19 AM, Dsegun Ludice wrote: > > I think this bug is already mixed two issues. The reporter said "the > > system is not using this font as the default chinese font". > > all I am saying is we need to tease apart the > bug bits from a wishlist. Issue 1 is a bug, issue 2 is > a wishlist. I bet you can not solve issue 1 solely > by bumping the priority of microhei; because if you > do that, Japanese Kanji will be shown in microhei, > and it will be another bug. > > > For the > > second issue, i personally think bitmap should not appear in a modern > > operating system. > > I agree that this is likely true for Latin fonts, but for > Chinese, this was not that clear, at least not as many non-CJK > developers thought it was. The only data we have related > to Chinese font preference is the poll at Ubuntu Chinese > forum a few years ago. It showed a 7:3 split for > vector:bitmap preferred users from >300 voters. > True, bitmaps users are minority, but I won't call > 30% negligible. > > -- > default chinese font isn't ttf-wqy-microhei > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555184 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu Translations (internationalization and localization): > Triaged > Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu: New > Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu: New > Status in “language-support-fonts-zh-hans” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > ttf-wqy-microhei is installed in Lucid by default. However... the system is > not using this font as the default chinese font. it's using an ungly chinese > font... sometimes，bitmap fonts are used. it looks weird. > hope this can be fix soon. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/555184/+subscribe > -- default chinese font isn't ttf-wqy-microhei https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555184 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
