Comment #3 on issue 9100 by peter.arrenbrecht: Don't depend on msttcorefonts
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9100
Here's a bit of IRC log about this:
parren: evmar_afk, agl (eseidel referred me to you): Tried to get chromium
running on
Ubuntu without msttcorefonts ('cause they ruin my GMail). Simply changing
from
"Arial" to "Sans" in FontCache::getLastResortFallbackFont in
FontCacheLinux.cpp does
the trick. I think it's reasonable. Do you agree?
parren: If so, I think the same change should be done in
RenderThemeChromiumLinux.cpp
22:55
eseidel: parren: fyi, estade and dkegel are also chromium-linux folks
tony^work: parren: it's currently Arial because we're trying to match fonts
with
windows for layout tests
tony^work: parren: all that stuff needs to be filled out anyway
tony^work: at this point, we could change to Sans and probably just
rebaseline all
the tests
leiz: tony^work: will 'Sans' get you the same font on every Linux distro?
agl: parren: no, we can't change that. We try to match Windows metrics on
layout
tests and that means we have to fallback to the same fonts.
dkegel: An interesting question.
tony^work: actually, we probably just need to update the default fonts in
the locale
.pak files
agl: parren: we aren't going to work without msttcorefonts, it's just a
case of
failing better
tony^work: I think they currenty say things like Arial and Times New Roman
willchan: leiz: cool, ok
parren: agl: Why not? Can't the tests be more specific about the font they
want?
23:00
fta: agl, will msttcorefonts remain a requirement for chromium on linux?
agl: parren: no, they have to work on Mac too
agl: fta: probably. I can imagine that distros might patch the default font
to be
something else, but then we won't care about any font-metrics related bugs
filed on
those versions
parren: agl: Then could one not define some names like test-sans etc. that
are mapped
properly on all platforms? And then have the tests require those names?
agl: parren: at that point you need to be talking to the WebKit folks;
they're their
tests.
parren: agl: OK, thanks.
fta: agl, why not choose a free fonts package then? as you know
msttcorefonts is
non-free and most (if not all) linux distros hate that, i guess mac users
would also
prefer a non-ms dependency
fta: agl, even the droid fonts could do
23:05
fta: http://www.stefanoforenza.com/get-androids-fonts-on-ubuntu-how-to/
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