FYI, why debian/control::Recommends is used in place of Depends
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The Policy disallows any package for requiring fonts prior
installing the software:

        http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/07/msg00173.html

        "This is because the X server may retrieve fonts from the
        local file system or over the network from an X font server;
        the Debian package system is empowered to deal only with the
        local file system."

For more information in same thread later:

        http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/07/msg00176.html

        The reason for the Policy requirement for Recommends is to
        enable font servers and not require all the fonts be installed
        locally when you're running a font server.


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