Bug 1284237

Summary: [kn] Change the default Kannada font to Noto from Lohit-Kannada
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: ShankarPrasad <prasad.mvs>
Component: font-managerAssignee: Orphan Owner <extras-orphan>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 24CC: csyogech, extras-orphan, fonts-bugs, jsaucier, omshivaprakash, prasad.mvs
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Description ShankarPrasad 2015-11-22 10:04:41 UTC
Description of problem:
Aesthetically the Noto fonts are way better than Lohit-Kannada. Change the default system font for Kannada to Noto.

Actual results:
The default fonts of the current fedora releases are Lohit-Kannada

Expected results:
Noto should be made the default font.

Additional info: To see a comparison between these two fonts, please follow below steps:

1.Make sure that you have Noto font
2.Open the UTRRS page : http://utrrs-testing.rhcloud.com/language/kn
3.Enter "Noto Sans Kannada" and click on Change Font button.
4.Compare the References (Lohit-Kannada) with those of rendered Characters (Noto Sans) for Code points, GPOS and GSUB.

Comment 1 Omshivaprakash 2015-11-22 10:38:55 UTC
Agree with Shankar on this.

Comment 2 ShankarPrasad 2015-11-22 11:37:44 UTC
Created attachment 1097520 [details]
Lohit-kannada_and_Noto

Here is a comparison between two fonts.

Comment 3 Yogesh 2015-11-22 11:39:00 UTC
I support this change of font to Noto Sans Kannada from Lohit Kannada.

Comment 4 Jean-Francois Saucier 2015-12-23 14:29:33 UTC
I don't think that the component of this bug should be font-manager. font-manager is a user program to manage installed fonts for the user in the system.

It does not define that default system fonts that are shipped with Fedora.

Comment 5 ShankarPrasad 2015-12-23 16:48:08 UTC
Ok. I was not aware of the relevant packages for this bug.

If you know which component decides the default packages for a locale, please change it.

Thanks in advance.

Comment 6 ShankarPrasad 2015-12-23 16:56:15 UTC
Here, by default packages I meant default font packages.

Comment 7 Jan Kurik 2016-02-24 14:00:34 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 24 development cycle.
Changing version to '24'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora24#Rawhide_Rebase

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