[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#983291: Bug#983291: fonts-noto-core: Excessive fonts bundles in fonts-noto-core make desired font selection painful

[Dan Dascalescu]

Agree that a separation per writing system would be best.

What would be the effort necessary to achieve that, compared to "Latin vs.
others"?

BTW, Noto Sans Linear A and B also look like some sort of cuneiform font,
and
I missed Noto Mono and Noto Music from my initial selection of fonts with
general
applicability.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 2:19 PM Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> Quoting Dan Dascalescu (2021-02-22 00:42:28)
> > The issue is that the fonts-noto-core package bundles together a very
> > large number (over 190[1]) of exotic fonts. While the aim of covering
> > all Unicode scripts (65+) means the package covers our bases for
> > individual users on every locale imaginable, it also presents a
> > challenge for font selectors in applications, and for *all* users
> > using them.
>
> I agree that it makes sense to split the Noto fonts into more packages.
>
>
> > My proposal is simple: split the package in at least two components
> > that can be installed and removed independently. From what I can see
> > in the package manifest, the following fonts might have general
> > applicability:
> >
> > Noto Sans
> > Noto Sans Linear {A,B}
> > Noto Sans Display
> > Noto Sans Math
> > Noto Sans Symbols
> > Noto Sans Symbols2
> > Noto Serif
> >
> > These would comprise one package. For simplicity, the other package
> > can contain all other 180+ fonts.
>
> I would prefer to relieve the pain also for _all_ users, however.
>
> Probably makes sense to group by writing system¹ since they are commonly
> tied to cultural groups.  I imagine that it is more common e.g. for
> users in South India to need other South Indian scripts (and maybe North
> Indian scripts as well), than it is for them to need Canadian Syllabics.
>
>
> ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system
>
>
>  - Jonas
>
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