Ah OK, so to be 100% clear, is it worth checking this font out in Wily or only in its default configuration in Xenial?
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Nicholas Skaggs < [email protected]> wrote: > Blargh! It's Xenial. Only in Xenial. Wow, and no one else noticed this for > 2 days. I'm sorry. LOL, notice my source link below? > > > Nicholas > > On 01/06/2016 12:06 PM, chris hermansen wrote: > >> Nicholas, I just ran today's updates (mostly ffmpeg in my case). I have >> checked the updates settings: all "install updates from" boxes checked, >> updates checked daily, display immediately for both security and other >> updates. >> >> The strange little glyph still shows as 0.830 in both the gmail window >> and with pango-view. >> >> Checking synaptic, I have ttf-ubuntu-font-family installed. I searched >> for other packages with the terms "font ubuntu" and "font release" but >> nothing obvious there. >> >> I checked the Ubuntu font with the font viewer application and it's still >> reported as 0.83. >> >> I checked my .fonts directory and there are no ubuntu-related fonts >> there. Nothing in /usr/local/share/fonts. >> >> In /usr/share/fonts/ubuntu-font-family, all the .ttf files are dated 10 >> Jul 2015 except the UbuntuMono files which are dated 26 Sep 2011. >> >> I don't see anything in /usr/share/fonts that looks as though it could be >> a new release of ubuntu fonts. >> >> I should mention that this machine is upgraded from 15.04 (ie not a fresh >> install), in case that matters. >> >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Nicholas Skaggs < >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Chris, that's correct. You should have 0.84, which is the new >> version. Are you running an up to date Wily? >> >> >> Checkout >> >> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/ubuntu-font-family-sources >> >> Nicholas >> >> On 01/05/2016 05:23 PM, chris hermansen wrote: >> >> Nicholas, >> >> What I see when I execute this: >> >> pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text='<span >> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy >> dog.</span>' >> >> is (all on one line): >> >> 1. 0.830 in very small text >> 2. something that looks like 88 on a 7-segment display >> 3. a space >> 4. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. >> >> So just to be super-clear, I don't see a ".84" in that >> string. I also don't see it in the text of this e-mail; what >> I see looks a single glyph whose strokes make 0.830 in very >> small letters. >> >> I had an inspiration and checked with my font view >> application. It tells me my Ubuntu font is: >> >> Name: Ubuntu >> >> Style: Regular >> >> Type: TrueType font >> >> Version: 0.83 >> >> Copyright: Copyright 2011 Canonical Ltd. Licensed under the >> Ubuntu Font License 1.0 >> >> Does this mean I don't have the new version? >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Nicholas Skaggs >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> Chris, ahh. Yea, the new version is .84, and you can >> confirm you >> have it by seeing 0.84 in the beginning: >> >> pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text='<span >> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy >> dog.</span>' >> >> The other font you don't have. I removed it from the >> directions. >> It's from when we did the PPA testing. Thanks for catching >> this! >> >> Nicholas >> >> On 01/05/2016 03:40 PM, chris hermansen wrote: >> >> Nicholas, a further question if I may: >> >> I am running 100% up to date Wily. >> >> When, as per the instructions, I execute: >> >> pango-view --font="UbuntuPrerelease0910 48" --markup >> --text='<span fallback="false"> The quick brown fox >> jumps >> over the lazy dog.</span>' >> >> I see what appears to be exactly the same display as >> when I >> execute >> >> pango-view --font="Deja Vu 48" --markup --text='<span >> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the >> lazy >> dog.</span>' >> >> That is, the text looks to be rendered in exactly the same >> font: same glyphs, same size, everything. And pretty >> clearly >> different from plain old Ubuntu. >> >> Any ideas? Is UbuntuPrerelease0910 not really >> installed in my >> Wily and somehow I'm getting Deja Vu instead? Should I be >> asking this question somewhere else? >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Nicholas Skaggs >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: >> >> Yea, crazy crazy link. I send in plain text, so I >> didn't think >> about it. The link has spaces in it. >> >> Let me just end the madness by fixing the wiki: >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFontFamily/Testing >> >> Nicholas >> >> >> On 01/05/2016 03:08 PM, chris hermansen wrote: >> >> Nicolas, that link redirected me to >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=show&redirect=Ubuntu >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Nicholas Skaggs >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> wrote: >> >> Some of you have been at this already, but >> either way, >> please have >> a look at the new Ubuntu Font if you are >> running >> Wily. It >> has some >> fixes in it, specifically we need to >> verify 4 bugs >> + the >> Arabic >> and Hebrew fixes. Full details can be >> found here: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu Font Family/Testing >> >> Happy Testing! >> >> Nicholas >> >> -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>>> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality >> >> >> >> >> -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" >> gmail >> "dot" com >> >> C'est ma façon de parler. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail >> "dot" com >> >> C'est ma façon de parler. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com >> >> C'est ma façon de parler. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com >> >> C'est ma façon de parler. >> > > -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
