Hoi,
Sans serif is a font family. It does not mean that the font itself contains
the characters to show a language properly. As it is, I am not aware that
Lingala is supported by any modern browser in the configuration we use our
fonts in.
Thanks,
Gerard
2009/5/5 Aryeh Gregor
<[email protected]<simetrical%[email protected]>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Nikola Smolenski <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Even more helpful: MediaWiki could determine if a page uses a rare
> > character upon save and link to appropriate fonts.
>
> The problem with this is that it means the characters may be displayed
> in a different font even if the default font actually contains them,
> which is needlessly ugly. We can't say "Use this font, but only if
> the font that would otherwise be used doesn't contain character X".
> It's an okay tradeoff for languages where very few computers can read
> them otherwise by default, but it needs to be used with care.
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Gerard Meijssen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Do you agree with me that a font is superior when it has a better
> coverage?
>
> The user should be able to use whatever font they like. Wikipedia
> currently does not specify a default font; the user's default is used.
> This will often be the default system sans-serif font, which will
> blend in nicely. Forcing a different font should only be done with
> excellent reason (such as if text would otherwise show up as gibberish
> on nearly all computers).
>
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