On Thu, 28 May 2015, Brian Hilmers wrote: > 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.
This is good reasoning and for us information that was missing. Inkscape should probably have a bug report. > 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. By "display" I am thinking you mean fonts that can not be used for printing or that look bad in printing. Is this correct? > I like sakrecoer's idea of a better organized font manager with a > limited number activated by default. I am not sure how to do this. Suggestions of a package that makes this easy and suitable settings would be great. > 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. Would you suggest package based or groups of packages? > Let me know if I can help. Thanks. The non-audio parts of Studio could certainly use help. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/JoinTheTeam -- Len Ovens www.ovenwerks.net -- 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
