On 3/7/06, Davide Viti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tonight I've run some tests using dejavu fonts as discussed during the > meeting. > I created an iso [1] using an unstripped version of dejavu and without > freefont; > in the same directory ([2]) you can find a screenshot for each language. > It turns out that dejavu does not contain Vietnames and Hebrew glyphs, > meaning that > we can't use it to completely substitute freefont. The latest version of > freefont include > all the Vietnamese glyphs listed below and the Hebrew glyphs.
I was suspecting this (it says so on the dejavu home page;-), but I am glad you did the tests so we can have a clear picture. > Once freefont will be ok, we can decide which font should display which > language: > freefont will probably be used for vietnamese, hebrew, hindi, punjabi, > bengali. > > Comments are welcome. [snip] > PS: Eddy, if there was not the nasty freefont bug I would never have done > this test with dejavu :)) > have to admit I like the way they look like I know and I am glad you like them. > [1] > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/gtk-frontend/screenshots/20060307_dejavu/mini.iso > [2] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/gtk-frontend/screenshots/20060307_dejavu/ Latin based scripts should all look better. BTW, what is the size difference? Is dejavu+freefont(for Hebrew,Vietnamese and others) > freefont(for all)? -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
