Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-08 Thread flocculant
On 05/01/16 19:44, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: Some of you have been at this already, but either way, please have a look at the new Ubuntu Font if you are running Wily. It has some fixes in it, specifically we need to verify 4 bugs + the Arabic and Hebrew fixes. Full details can be found here:

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-07 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
The font requires some other changes in Xenial, hence it's limitation to being only in Xenial. So yes, please do test in Xenial. If you just install the font itself on an older distro, the non-Western font tweaks for things like Arabic and Hebrew won't be there. Nicholas On 01/06/2016 01:29

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-06 Thread chris hermansen
Ah OK, so to be 100% clear, is it worth checking this font out in Wily or only in its default configuration in Xenial? On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Nicholas Skaggs < nicholas.ska...@canonical.com> wrote: > Blargh! It's Xenial. Only in Xenial. Wow, and no one else noticed this for > 2 days.

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-06 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
Nicholas Skaggs: and no one else noticed this for 2 days. Eating chocolates and distributing presents ;) -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-06 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
Chris, that's correct. You should have 0.84, which is the new version. Are you running an up to date Wily? Checkout https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/ubuntu-font-family-sources Nicholas On 01/05/2016 05:23 PM, chris hermansen wrote: Nicholas, What I see when I execute this:

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-06 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
Blargh! It's Xenial. Only in Xenial. Wow, and no one else noticed this for 2 days. I'm sorry. LOL, notice my source link below? Nicholas On 01/06/2016 12:06 PM, chris hermansen wrote: Nicholas, I just ran today's updates (mostly ffmpeg in my case). I have checked the updates settings: all

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-05 Thread chris hermansen
Nicholas, What I see when I execute this: pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text=' The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' is (all on one line): 1. 0.830 in very small text 2. something that looks like 88 on a 7-segment display 3. a space 4. The quick brown fox jumps

Re: Ubuntu Font Testing

2016-01-05 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
Yea, crazy crazy link. I send in plain text, so I didn't think about it. The link has spaces in it. Let me just end the madness by fixing the wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFontFamily/Testing Nicholas On 01/05/2016 03:08 PM, chris hermansen wrote: Nicolas, that link redirected me to

Ubuntu Font Testing: Arabic

2015-09-28 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
Some of you may remember the birth of the ubuntu font family during the 10.10 cycle. The time has come to finish that work as well as fix a few issues with the current font set. To start with, the design team has been working on Arabic, and is ready for some feedback on how the font looks and