Ubuntu Font Testing
chris hermansen
clhermansen at gmail.com
Wed Jan 6 18:29:23 UTC 2016
Ah OK, so to be 100% clear, is it worth checking this font out in Wily or
only in its default configuration in Xenial?
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Nicholas Skaggs <
nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:
> Blargh! It's Xenial. Only in Xenial. Wow, and no one else noticed this for
> 2 days. I'm sorry. LOL, notice my source link below?
>
>
> Nicholas
>
> On 01/06/2016 12:06 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>
>> Nicholas, I just ran today's updates (mostly ffmpeg in my case). I have
>> checked the updates settings: all "install updates from" boxes checked,
>> updates checked daily, display immediately for both security and other
>> updates.
>>
>> The strange little glyph still shows as 0.830 in both the gmail window
>> and with pango-view.
>>
>> Checking synaptic, I have ttf-ubuntu-font-family installed. I searched
>> for other packages with the terms "font ubuntu" and "font release" but
>> nothing obvious there.
>>
>> I checked the Ubuntu font with the font viewer application and it's still
>> reported as 0.83.
>>
>> I checked my .fonts directory and there are no ubuntu-related fonts
>> there. Nothing in /usr/local/share/fonts.
>>
>> In /usr/share/fonts/ubuntu-font-family, all the .ttf files are dated 10
>> Jul 2015 except the UbuntuMono files which are dated 26 Sep 2011.
>>
>> I don't see anything in /usr/share/fonts that looks as though it could be
>> a new release of ubuntu fonts.
>>
>> I should mention that this machine is upgraded from 15.04 (ie not a fresh
>> install), in case that matters.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Nicholas Skaggs <
>> nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Chris, that's correct. You should have 0.84, which is the new
>> version. Are you running an up to date Wily?
>>
>>
>> Checkout
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/ubuntu-font-family-sources
>>
>> Nicholas
>>
>> On 01/05/2016 05:23 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>>
>> Nicholas,
>>
>> What I see when I execute this:
>>
>> pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text='<span
>> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
>> dog.</span>'
>>
>> is (all on one line):
>>
>> 1. 0.830 in very small text
>> 2. something that looks like 88 on a 7-segment display
>> 3. a space
>> 4. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>>
>> So just to be super-clear, I don't see a ".84" in that
>> string. I also don't see it in the text of this e-mail; what
>> I see looks a single glyph whose strokes make 0.830 in very
>> small letters.
>>
>> I had an inspiration and checked with my font view
>> application. It tells me my Ubuntu font is:
>>
>> Name: Ubuntu
>>
>> Style: Regular
>>
>> Type: TrueType font
>>
>> Version: 0.83
>>
>> Copyright: Copyright 2011 Canonical Ltd. Licensed under the
>> Ubuntu Font License 1.0
>>
>> Does this mean I don't have the new version?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Nicholas Skaggs
>> <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> Chris, ahh. Yea, the new version is .84, and you can
>> confirm you
>> have it by seeing 0.84 in the beginning:
>>
>> pango-view --font="Ubuntu 48" --markup --text='<span
>> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
>> dog.</span>'
>>
>> The other font you don't have. I removed it from the
>> directions.
>> It's from when we did the PPA testing. Thanks for catching
>> this!
>>
>> Nicholas
>>
>> On 01/05/2016 03:40 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>>
>> Nicholas, a further question if I may:
>>
>> I am running 100% up to date Wily.
>>
>> When, as per the instructions, I execute:
>>
>> pango-view --font="UbuntuPrerelease0910 48" --markup
>> --text='<span fallback="false"> The quick brown fox
>> jumps
>> over the lazy dog.</span>'
>>
>> I see what appears to be exactly the same display as
>> when I
>> execute
>>
>> pango-view --font="Deja Vu 48" --markup --text='<span
>> fallback="false"> The quick brown fox jumps over the
>> lazy
>> dog.</span>'
>>
>> That is, the text looks to be rendered in exactly the same
>> font: same glyphs, same size, everything. And pretty
>> clearly
>> different from plain old Ubuntu.
>>
>> Any ideas? Is UbuntuPrerelease0910 not really
>> installed in my
>> Wily and somehow I'm getting Deja Vu instead? Should I be
>> asking this question somewhere else?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Nicholas Skaggs
>> <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>>> wrote:
>>
>> Yea, crazy crazy link. I send in plain text, so I
>> didn't think
>> about it. The link has spaces in it.
>>
>> Let me just end the madness by fixing the wiki:
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFontFamily/Testing
>>
>> Nicholas
>>
>>
>> On 01/05/2016 03:08 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>>
>> Nicolas, that link redirected me to
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=show&redirect=Ubuntu
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Nicholas Skaggs
>> <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com
>> <mailto:nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>>>>> wrote:
>>
>> Some of you have been at this already, but
>> either way,
>> please have
>> a look at the new Ubuntu Font if you are
>> running
>> Wily. It
>> has some
>> fixes in it, specifically we need to
>> verify 4 bugs
>> + the
>> Arabic
>> and Hebrew fixes. Full details can be
>> found here:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu Font Family/Testing
>>
>> Happy Testing!
>>
>> Nicholas
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