[Mageia-dev] fontconfig rules of google droid fonts

Thu Mar 1 09:24:45 CET 2012

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 07:04, You-Cheng Hsieh <yochenhsieh at gmail.com> wrote:
+> Hello,
+>
+> Was the fontconfig rules of google droid fonts used for any specific purpose?
+> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/google-droid-fonts/current/SOURCES/
+>
+> There is a Mageia1/cauldron bug which might be involved with those
+> fontconfig rules:
+> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751
+>
+> Currently, with these config present, libreoffice cannot show proper
+> font fallback while typing Chinese characters.
+>
+> By removing these config files, the problem is reduced to only happen
+> in Droid Sans. If there's no other regressions or side-effects, please
+> consider removing these fontconfig rules and rebuild
+> google-droid-fonts for mageia 1 core update & caldron.
+>
+> Thanks.
+
+I don't know anything about fontconfig but can removing those parts be enough?
+
+4	  <alias>
+5	    <family>monospace</family>
+6	    <prefer>
+7	      <family>Droid Sans Mono</family>
+8	    </prefer>
+9	  </alias>
+
+140	  <alias>
+141	    <family>sans-serif</family>
+142	    <prefer>
+143	      <family>Droid Sans</family>
+144	    </prefer>
+145	  </alias>
+
+4	  <alias>
+5	    <family>serif</family>
+6	    <prefer>
+7	      <family>Droid Serif</family>
+8	    </prefer>
+9	  </alias>
+