Re: [RFC]refactor Noto CJK fonts packaging

On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:30:18 +0200,
Frederic Crozat wrote:
> 
> Le lundi 10 avril 2017 à 10:15 +0200, Takashi Iwai a écrit :
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:01:41 +0200,
> > Frederic Crozat wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 5 Noto Serif CJK
> > > > > 
> > > > > It'll be easy and don't need that detailed split because it's
> > > > > not
> > > > > an
> > > > > UI font....it'll be just named:
> > > > > 
> > > > > google-noto-serif-cjk{sc|tc|ja|kr}-fonts which contains all
> > > > > seven
> > > > > weights.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Of course, font configurations are still needed for Japanese
> > > > > because
> > > > > the Demi-light issue.
> > > > 
> > > > I find these proposals are sensible and feasible.
> > > > As long as the upgrades would work smoothly (and I guess so), I'm
> > > > for
> > > > this movement.
> > > 
> > > Honestly, I'm not, for the reasons stated above. I'm sorry to be a
> > > bit
> > > harsh.
> > 
> > Just a single point here to avoid the misunderstanding:
> > we're discussing the splitting here not only per language but also
> > per
> > weight.  The latter split will give a lot more reduction.
> 
> Are there numbers for that ? 

AFAIK, there are 7 weights (thin, light, demi-light, regular, medium,
bold, black).  Also, I forgot to mention about the split of mono and
standard variants, too.  Another two counts up.
Fortunately still less than boxing weight classes.

> > For normal usages like web browsing, we mostly need a single weight
> > (or maybe another one for bold) while the current font contains all
> > multiple weights.  We can split them to each package and install only
> > the essential ones as default.  The *-cjk-* meta package also points
> > only to these essential weights.
> 
> I'm wondering (coming from Latin world) : is italic used at all on CJK
> fonts, or only "regular" and "bold" ? 

No, usually no italic for CJK.  There can be, but mostly optional.


Takashi
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