** 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 installs 36 separate font files + instead of a bundled OTC 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. + + [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
** 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 installs 36 separate font files - instead of a bundled OTC file. This works around the Chromium/Chrome - issue. + 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. [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, + 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. + package for rendering Chinese contents (fonts-droid) does not include + all those font weights. [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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
