** Summary changed: - ttf-wqy-zenhei and xfonts-wqy mixed up + ttf-wqy-zenhei and other Chinese fonts got mixed up where the same style is expected
** Description changed: ttf-wqy-zenhei is a new excellent Hei Ti Chinese font included in Hardy. - I find it's mixing up or conflicting with xfonts-wqy (Wenquanyi Bitmap - Song font), which makes Chinese text inconsistent and ugly. + I find it's mixing up with ttf-arphic-uming at places where the same + font style is expected, which makes Chinese text display inconsistent + and ugly. Steps to reproduce: 1. Boot Hardy beta desktop CD in English mode. Open firefox and browse Chinese websites, you'll notice that the same Chinese font is used in web pages, address bar, bookmarks, etc. 2. After installing Hardy beta onto the harddisk, you'll find that firefox and other applications no longer use the same Chinese font as usual. For example, the firefox address bar and some Chinese web pages - use wqy-zenhei, while other Chinese web pages use xfons-wqy. This - inconsistency is very annoying for Chinese users. Small truetype wqy- - zenhei font is actually jagged and hard to read. + use wqy-zenhei, while other Chinese web pages use ttf-arphic-uming. + This inconsistency is very annoying for Chinese users. - Small truetype + wqy-zenhei font is actually jagged and hard to read (this has been + fixed. LP#203571). - One workaround I found is to remove the symbolic link + The workaround I found is to remove the symbolic link /etc/fonts/conf.d/63-wqy-zenhei.conf by typing: - $ sudo mv /etc/fonts/conf.d/63-wqy-zenhei.conf /root + $ sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/63-wqy-zenhei.conf and then restart Gnome. After do this, Chinese text display returns to - normal. + normal, i.e. the same font (arphic uming bitmap font) is selected for + both serif and sans-serif. + + If the Ubuntu CJK team considers wqy-zenhei is the best font, please + make it the default for serif as well. Otherwise, different chinese + fonts will be used on the same website and even on the same web page + where the same font style is expected. This is the status quo. + + Is it because of wqy's GPL license that you chose zenhei? I really doubt + it's a general consensus that wqy-zenhei is the best font, visually + speaking, for Chinese users. -- ttf-wqy-zenhei and other Chinese fonts got mixed up where the same style is expected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206018 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
