Bug#1028897: fontconfig: wrong name for the Noto monospace font
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
debian at gunnar.cc
Mon Aug 21 09:07:34 BST 2023
On 2023-08-21 08:52, fabian at greffrath.com wrote:
> However, we, in Debian, as a distribution, have all the rights to aim
> for the most aesthetically pleasing view of our default installation
> and thus I support the change back to DejaVu Sans Mono as the default
> monospace font. This, and we already support a localized
> installation and install some additional font packages based on the
> locale set during D-I. So, in the end, we always end up with more
> than just the default font, and thus can prefer one that "looks
> better" and gets supported by other fonts for additional glyph
> coverage.
Thanks for your comment, Fabian. Since you have managed font packages in
Debian for several years, your blessing of the change is important to
me. The quoted part above put it into context.
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Cheers,
Gunnar
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