I tested to replace the single "super" OTC file with 7 weight specific OTC files, and it seems like this is sufficient to fix "the Thin issue" in Chrome/Chromium. So I have uploaded a simpler proposal to the PPA. This variant increases the archive space utilization only fractionally (73 MiB instead of 71), so no need to break out certain files to a new binary.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to language-selector in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575555 Title: Chrome/Chromium use "Thin" as default font weight Status in fonts-noto-cjk package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in fonts-noto-cjk source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in language-selector source package in Xenial: Triaged Bug description: [Impact] Chromium and Google Chrome use "Thin" as the default Noto Sans CJK font weight, which makes some Chinese and Japanese web pages difficult to read, and thus gives a bad user experience. The fonts-noto-cjk version in the PPA https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/fonts-noto-cjk installs 36 separate font files instead of a bundled OTC file. This works around the Chromium/Chrome issue. [Test Case] To reproduce the bug: * Install Chromium or Google Chrome. * Go to <http://www.gamer.com.tw> and notice the very thin characters. * Install fonts-noto-cjk from the PPA and notice the difference. [Regression Potential] Due to ISO space concerns, the solution includes the creation of the fonts-noto-cjk-extras binary, which will not be seeded. fonts-noto-cjk installs only the 8 most important font files, while the rest are installed by fonts-noto-cjk-extras. Consequently 28 fonts will be dropped when the 16.04 users upgrade to the new fonts-noto-cjk package. However, - they will be prompted to install fonts-noto-cjk-extras via Language Support, - fixing the Chromium/Chrome issue carries greater weight, and - it's not a regression compared to 14.04 or 15.10, since the previous package for rendering Chinese contents (fonts-droid) does not include all those font weights. [Original description] The package seems to only "thin" variant of the font, which makes it very unreadable in applications such as Chrome (when it has to fall back on Chinese fonts on a mostly-English page). I had to remove the package and then manually download the font from Google website and install it to make the regular weight available Release: 16.04 LTS Package Version: 1.004+repack1-1 Expected: All weights of the noto cjk font to be installed Happened: Only the "thin" weight of the font seems to be installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-noto-cjk/+bug/1575555/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
