Re: Problems with the BPG fonts

Aiet Kolkhi <[email protected]> :

>>     # Georgian (KA)
>>     0589        # Armenian full stop (vertsaket)
>>     #10a0-10c5  # capital letters, not used in normal writing
>>     10d0-10f6
>>     #10f7-10f8  # additional letters for Mingrelian and Svan
>>     10fb
>>     #2018       # single quote
>>     #201a       # single quote
>>     #201c       # double quote
>>     #201e       # double quote
> [omitted]
>> None of the three BPG fonts has U+0589.
>
> #0589  (Armenian full stop) is a big mistake, as 0589 has nothing to
> do with Georgian alphabeth (it is not even in Unicode Georgian range).
> It is indeed very strange how this letter ended up in list.
>
> #10a0-10c5 (as you noted) are not used in modern-day Georgian writing
> and I think should be removed from Georgian font requirement list.

Is already commented out, i.e. this line in ka.orth is not used.

> #10f7-10f8  letters for Mingrelian and Svan should also be removed
> from the list, as practically they are as good as never used in
> Georgian writing too.

also already commented out.

>> "BPG Glaho" and "BPG Courier" support U+10d0 - U+10f6 and U+10fb
>> but "BPG Chveulebrivi" lacks U+10f1 - U+10f6.

>> Therefore, none of these fonts will be selected by default when
>> running in a Georgian locale, even if I add entries in
>> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf to prefer these fonts.
>
> I think we should remove all the letters from the requirement I noted above.

But what about U+10f1 -U+10f6 which are missing in BPG Chveulebrivi?

Are these needed or not?

-- 
Mike FABIAN   <[email protected]>   http://www.suse.de/~mfabian



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