Bug 868551

Summary:	There's no Thaana font in the default distribution
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Amir Aharoni <amir.aharoni>
Component:	comps	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Description Amir Aharoni 2012-10-20 19:23:46 UTC

Description of problem:

I installed Fedora 17 on my laptop. I tried to access the article "Maldivian language" in the English Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_language ). It showed the name of the language in its own script as squares, because the font for that script is not installed by default.

This script as known under several names: Thaana, Tana, Divehi or Maldivian. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaana

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 17.

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora with the Gnome desktop.
2. Use Firefox to go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amire80/Fedora_fonts .
3. Check whether the line that says "Divehi (Maldivian, Thaana)" has Thaana letters. If it has squares or numbers, then the font is not installed.
  
Actual results:
The line shows squares.

Expected results:
The lines is supposed to show Thaana letters.

Additional info:
If you go to the Wikipedia in the Maldivian language, Fedora proposes to install the relevant package, possibly because the relevant characters appear in the window title. (URL: http://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%80%DE%A8%DE%8C%DE%B0 .)

Comment 1 Amir Aharoni 2012-10-21 16:35:05 UTC

Installing the GNU Free Fonts solved this. Is there any chance to have it installed by default?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2012-10-22 19:22:31 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 868547 ***