Re: [RFC]refactor Noto CJK fonts packaging

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 ? 

> 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" ? 

-- 
Frederic Crozat
Enterprise Desktop Release Manager
SUSE

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