** Description changed: [Impact] Chromium and Google Chrome use "Thin" as the default Noto Sans CJK font weight, which makes some Chinese and Japanese web pages difficult to read, and thus gives a bad user experience. The fonts-noto-cjk version in the PPA https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/fonts-noto-cjk - installs 36 separate font files instead of a bundled OTC file. This - works around the Chromium/Chrome issue. + installs 7 weight specific font files instead of a single "super" file. + This works around the Chromium/Chrome issue. [Test Case] To reproduce the bug: * Install Chromium or Google Chrome. * Go to <http://www.gamer.com.tw> and notice the very thin characters. * Install fonts-noto-cjk from the PPA and notice the difference. [Regression Potential] - Due to ISO space concerns, the solution includes the creation of the - fonts-noto-cjk-extras binary, which will not be seeded. fonts-noto-cjk - installs only the 8 most important font files, while the rest are - installed by fonts-noto-cjk-extras. Consequently 28 fonts will be - dropped when the 16.04 users upgrade to the new fonts-noto-cjk package. - However, - - - they will be prompted to install fonts-noto-cjk-extras via Language - Support, - - - fixing the Chromium/Chrome issue carries greater weight, and - - - it's not a regression compared to 14.04 or 15.10, since the previous - package for rendering Chinese contents (fonts-droid) does not include - all those font weights. + This is about another font packaging form, without any change in glyph + coverage, so the the regression risk should be low. [Original description] The package seems to only "thin" variant of the font, which makes it very unreadable in applications such as Chrome (when it has to fall back on Chinese fonts on a mostly-English page). I had to remove the package and then manually download the font from Google website and install it to make the regular weight available Release: 16.04 LTS Package Version: 1.004+repack1-1 Expected: All weights of the noto cjk font to be installed Happened: Only the "thin" weight of the font seems to be installed
** No longer affects: language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) ** No longer affects: language-selector (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to fonts-noto-cjk in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575555 Title: Chrome/Chromium use "Thin" as default font weight To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-noto-cjk/+bug/1575555/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
