[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#865306: Bug#865306: fonts-inconsolata: Please provide a TTF version

[Adam Borowski]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 03:32:02PM +0300, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> Package: fonts-inconsolata
> Version: 001.010-5
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> It would be nice if this package provided a .ttf version of Inconsolata
> alongside the existing .otf version.

Are there real consumers these days which can take a .ttf but not an .otf?
Those with special needs convert into their specific format such as woff
anyway.
 
> My package “sphinx-rtd-theme” bundles Inconsolata-Regular.ttf and
> Inconsolata-Bold.ttf, and that would allow me to unbundle it properly.

I assume, that theme includes links to the filenames?  Have you tried
patching them to point to .otf instead?


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