[Bug 93155] Re: No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy)
Can you give details about how the fix for fontconfig works? Did you add a switch for enabling and disabling preferred (sub)families for example? -- No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 93155] Re: No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy)
Available in 8.10 + ttf-dejavu*. ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 93155] Re: No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy)
Dear all, The problem of not being able to use DejaVu condensed fonts in KDE (or other similar fonts for that matter) simply is an absolute showstopper for me to switch over to Kubuntu. And I really, really would like to. As for the fact that the preferred (sub)family patch was made in fontconfig = 2.4.2 in a non-configurable manner, I find this unbelievable for a package as fundamental as fontconfig. Having fontconfig evolve towards a new approach is great, but given the fact that important environments in which it is used, like KDE and Qt, are not ready for it, should have resulted in a simple configuration option for switching the patch on or off, at least until such time the great majority of packages support the new approach. From what Ben Laenen wrote above and in his explanation at http://osdir.com/ml/linux.debian.devel.fonts/2007-02/msg7.html, it looks like there are three solutions. Unfortunately, none of these solutions are accessible to users like me. I tried to find a version of fontconfig = 2.4.1 for Kubuntu 8.04, but could not find one. As for the option of fixing each font that suffers from the problem, this is not evident for most users, and moreover, not an option for older fonts which are no longer maintained and which are either not free or not open. Having said this all, I see only three solutions that would make the problem disappear for (potential) Kubuntu users like me: (a) Knowing that it is not realistic to expect all packages that use (the results of) fontconfig to be fixed, release a Kubuntu-specific version of fontconfig in which the preferred (sub)family patch can be turned on or off by means of a configuration option. It would of course be even better to ask the maintainers of fontconfig to incorporate this in a future version, but that would require Kubuntu to switch to such updated version of fontconfig (thereby noting that Kubuntu 8.04.1 does not currently use the latest stable version of fontconfig, version 2.6.0, but uses version 2.5.0 instead). (b) Release a Kubuntu-specific package from which the preferred (sub)family patch is removed (meaning that you could then choose to install either the current version or such alternative version. This solution would require two packages to be maintained though. (c) Release the latest non-patched version of fontconfig, version 2.4.1, for at least Kubuntu 8.04.1, but preferably for all other maintained versions of Kubuntu. Would any of these solutions be possible in the near future? Best regards, Boudewijn Overgaauw -- No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 93155] Re: No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy)
From the explanations of Ben Laenen it is clear the problem results from a change in fontconfig, although one could argue that the problem lies in the packages using (the results of) fontconfig. ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: ttf-dejavu = fontconfig Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 93155] Re: No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy)
This bug is still present in Hardy. DejaVu's Condensed variants are not shown in font lists in QT and/or KDE apps. -- No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 93155] Re: No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy)
As mentioned a few times above, not seeing condensed fonts is is a Qt issue, not a DejaVu one. Marking the ttf-dejavu component invalid. ** Changed in: ttf-dejavu (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Invalid -- No Dejavu Sans Condensed font in KDE Feisty Fawn (nor Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
