To me this is akin to saying that too many brushes are shipped with the graphics package because your computer is too slow.
We shouldn't be decreasing functionality if after ~5+ years of shipping that functionality we receive one user complaint. If everyone was seeing the slowdown, that'd be different. I certainly haven't seen inkscape crash due to font selection. One easy way forward would be to adjust the font meta to only carry roman character fonts and move the non-roman characters to a fonts-extra package. That would at least help the user's complaint. Still, just uninstalling the font meta would be a better solution for the user. That solution would keep the cross-cultural abilities of the distro. -Eric On 28 May 2015 3:05 pm, "Brian Hilmers" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, I am the user who expressed concern about the fonts in Ubuntu > Studio. I believe the volume of installed fonts is a problem, though a > minor one in the scope of development. The first thing I do with a new > installation is use Synaptec to remove anything that is universe or > mulit-verse (I have no idea which fonts are necessary for Ubuntu core). > This noticeably improves the loading time of graphics programs and stops > Inkscape from crashing when selecting a typeface, which happens > regularly with large a font list. In addition, the variety of included > fonts is unbalanced, weighing heavily on the side of impractical display > typefaces. It is quite overwhelming. I think better font organization > would greatly improve the user experience. > > I like sakrecoer's idea of a better organized font manager with a > limited number activated by default. Also, I would like to suggest > adding an option to install different fonts in the Ubuntu Studio > installer, much like how audio plug-ins are treated. > > Let me know if I can help. Thanks. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to The > Ubuntu Studio Project. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1459525 > > Title: > Amount of fonts distributed are too many - brings down loading time > for applications > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio/+bug/1459525/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to The Ubuntu Studio Project. Matching subscriptions: UbuntuStudio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1459525 Title: Amount of fonts distributed are too many - brings down loading time for applications Status in Ubuntu Studio: New Bug description: A user reported this issue the Ubuntu Studio contact mail, and I found it was a fair point. We should minimize the fonts we distribute to an amount which is reasonable. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio/+bug/1459525/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
