Hoi,
Given that you only researched Latin fonts, did you consider the coverage
of these fonts for languages? Not all fonts are created equal, they often
do not necessarily cover all the characters that are needed for specific
languages.
Consequently, you cannot apply your work to other languages without
considering this as well.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3 March 2014 23:33, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 3, 2014 4:58 PM, "Ryan Kaldari" <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, we only looked at Latin fonts. We are working on an FAQ, however,
> > that
> > > explains how wikis that use non-Latin scripts can specify their own
> font
> > > stack using MediaWiki:Vector.css.
> > >
> > > Ryan Kaldari
> > >
> >
> > I dont think users should be responsible for that sort of thing. Could we
> > do per-language css and only do this on en/other known good languages if
> we
> > know that its going to be a bad choice for some languages?
> >
>
> There are only a couple of languages in which we know this stack will be a
> "bad choice" (so far, Navajo and Vietnamese). In most languages that use
> non-Latin scripts, the font-family declaration will have little or no
> effect, but the readability will be improved by increasing the leading and
> font-size. Specifically the existing small leading is often a problem for
> Indic scripts and the existing small font-size is often a problem for
> logographic scripts.
>
> Ryan Kaldari
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