Package: fontconfig-config
Version: 2.6.0-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Thai font preferences in 65-nonlatin.conf are based on outdated information,
and should be updated.

Serif:

- Phaisarn and Phaisarn98 are bitmap fonts with unclear licenses, and have long
  been removed from thaixfonts.

- Kinnari is preferred over Norasi, according to ttf-thai-tlwg config, based on 
  their actual popularities.

Sans-Serif:

- Norasi is serif, not sans-serif. So, it should be removed.
- Preferred Thai sans-serif fonts are Waree, Loma, Garuda and Umpush, according
  to ttf-thai-tlwg.

Monospace:

- Courier MonoThai is unmaintained, and has vanished from communities for so
  long. So, it should be removed.
- Preferred Thai Monospace fonts are TlwgTypo, TlwgTypist, TlwgTypewriter and
  TlwgMono, according to ttf-thai-tlwg.

Please see the attached patch for summarized proposed changes.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=th_TH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=th_TH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fontconfig-config depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.24     Debian configuration management sy
ii  gsfonts-x11                   0.21       Make Ghostscript fonts available t
ii  ttf-bitstream-vera            1.10-7     The Bitstream Vera family of free 
ii  ttf-dejavu                    2.25-3     Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-
ii  ucf                           3.0010     Update Configuration File: preserv

fontconfig-config recommends no packages.

fontconfig-config suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  fontconfig/subpixel_rendering: Automatic
  fontconfig/enable_bitmaps: false
  fontconfig/hinting_type: Native

Index: fontconfig-2.6.0/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
===================================================================
--- fontconfig-2.6.0.orig/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf	2008-06-04 11:38:28.000000000 +0700
+++ fontconfig-2.6.0/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf	2008-06-04 11:42:07.000000000 +0700
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 		<prefer>
 			<family>Artsounk</family> <!-- armenian -->
 			<family>BPG UTF8 M</family> <!-- georgian -->
-			<family>Phaisarn</family> <!-- thai -->
-			<family>Phaisarn98</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>Kinnari</family> <!-- thai -->
 			<family>Norasi</family> <!-- thai -->
 			<family>Frank Ruehl</family> <!-- hebrew -->
 			<family>Dror</family>  <!-- hebrew -->
@@ -68,7 +67,10 @@
 			<family>ArmNet Helvetica</family> <!-- armenian -->
 			<family>Artsounk</family> <!-- armenian -->
 			<family>BPG UTF8 M</family> <!-- georgian -->
-			<family>Norasi</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>Waree</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>Loma</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>Garuda</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>Umpush</family> <!-- thai -->
 			<family>Saysettha Unicode</family> <!-- lao? -->
 			<family>JG Lao Old Arial</family> <!-- lao -->
 			<family>GF Zemen Unicode</family> <!-- ethiopic -->
@@ -145,7 +147,10 @@
 			<family>Baekmuk Batang</family> <!-- hangul -->
 			<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
 			<family>Baekmuk Gulim</family>
-			<family>Courier MonoThai</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>TlwgTypo</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>TlwgTypist</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>TlwgTypewriter</family> <!-- thai -->
+			<family>TlwgMono</family> <!-- thai -->
 			<family>Hasida</family> <!-- hebrew -->
 			<family>Mitra Mono</family> <!-- bengali -->
 			<family>GF Zemen Unicode</family> <!-- ethiopic -->

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