[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#645354: Bug#645354: Bug#645354: ttf-nanum: contained fontconfig setting files force to make it default font

[Paul Sladen]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, Changwoo Ryu wrote:
> 2011-10-14 (금), 15:19 -0400, Scott Moser:
> > Package: ttf-nanum  (http://pad.lv/835304).
> > Jinkyu Yi submitted the following fix to Ubuntu.
> That "fix" will break default Debian desktop in Korean language.

Not everything can be the one true default without regard to others.  
Fonts that install themselves as such can cause issues:

  "Microsoft Sans Serif maps to Thai font even on european setups"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thaifonts-scalable/+bug/539008

> This is an ugly way. … But I strongly disagree with such a way;

Can you offer Scott et al guidance on a more idea solution?

	-Paul