[Bug 57122] Re: gnome-font-viewer does not honour the '_Sample Text' attribute

2006-08-21 Thread Simon Law
I thought that the _Sample Text attribute is often specified as the name of the font. In which case TQBFJOTLD is a superior phrase to demonstrate it. Do you have a better suggestion? ** Changed in: control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- gnome-font-viewer does not h

[Bug 57122] Re: gnome-font-viewer does not honour the '_Sample Text' attribute

2006-08-21 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
Hmmm, well in that case yes... But that would be broken behaviour on the part of that font... (at least I think so)... -- gnome-font-viewer does not honour the '_Sample Text' attribute https://launchpad.net/bugs/57122 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

[Bug 57122] Re: gnome-font-viewer does not honour the '_Sample Text' attribute

2006-08-22 Thread Simon Law
It's a recommended mode of behaviour according to the Apple TrueType Reference Manual: http://developer.apple.com/textfonts/TTRefMan/RM06/Chap6name.html I'm going to reject this bug and let you talk with GNOME to figure out a sensible way to handle this. ** Changed in: control-center (Ubuntu)

[Bug 57122] Re: gnome-font-viewer does not honour the '_Sample Text' attribute

2006-08-22 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
"Sample text. This can be the font name, or any other text that the designer thinks is the best sample text to show what the font looks like." Well it's description is rather dubious. Indeed it may be the font name. In that case, it might be best to leave things be. -- gnome-font-viewer does no