Hi,
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Jerry James wrote:
> I've got a package that has started bundling a font, namely Roboto
> Slab. I'd like to do things the right way and make this a separate
> package, but I've never done a font package before and could use a
> little hand holding.
>
> The home page for this font seems to be
> https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Slab, but there are no
> download links anywhere that I can see. I looked at the existing
> google-robot-fonts package to try to get some clues. That one shows a
> download link from developer.android.com, but it requires knowing a
> version number, which isn't anywhere on the home page. It also
> contains some mysterious fontconfig and xml files that I don't
> understand ... and I think I'm already in over my head. I don't even
> know how to start with this. If anybody has words of wisdom for me,
> I'd appreciate them very much.
>
> Or, better yet, someone with experience can package the font for me,
> and tell me what bribe I can send to you in the mail to make it worth
> your while. :-)
There is already a good documentation available on Fedora Wiki about
font packaging[1] [2] then we have Fedora fonts mailing lists then IRC
channel #fedora-g11n where you can get help.
I have packaged this font and submitted its review now ->
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265484
You may want to review it ;-)
Regards,
Parag.
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:FontsPolicy
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fontconfig_packaging_tips
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