[Bug 1581160] Re: Switch to Noto Sans as default font for Japanese and/or Korean?

[Yuan Chao]

Hinting options are rather font dependent. The old free fonts for CJK
usually do not have proper hinting embedded so certain specific tweaks
(ex. auto hint) are needed to avoid faint strokes. The draw backs are
the spaces between strokes may be significantly changed for small size
glyphs. It would not be a good idea to just apply the old settings to
Noto fonts I think. To me unless something is really broken due to this,
it's better leave as it is.

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Title:
  Switch to Noto Sans as default font for Japanese and/or Korean?

Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 16.04 Noto Sans CJK is the default font for rendering
  Chinese. After having struggled with a few issues, I believe that we
  finally achieved the desired improvement of the rendering experience.

  So now I ask: Is there an interest from Japanese and Korean users to
  consider a switch to Noto Sans? (The fonts are already installed for
  all users on Ubuntu 16.04.)

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