[sldev] unicode.ttf

[Tofu Linden]

Right, the unicode.ttf thing was only ever an interim workaround
until fontconfig support is implemented.
- Tofu

MATSUU Takuto wrote:
> hi
> 
> I want slviewer to support fontconfig for linux. fontconfig could
> elect the best sans-serif font for your locale.
> 
> 2007/5/17, Alissa Sabre <alissa_sabre at yahoo.co.jp>:
>> Paul,
>>
>> > Any suggestion about which particular fonts from these font packages to
>> > use?
>>
>> I have never tried any of the font packages Matuu suggested, but the
>> following is my general policy for East Asian typefaces selection.
>>
>> > I'm guessing mincho for the Japanese, (which surprises me, I though
>> > gothic was "sans-serif", ie. body text),
>>
>> I don't think so.
>>
>> I believe most of the Japanese users prefer sans-serif Japanese font,
>> since it is the style used in SL viewer for ASCII characters, and
>> Japanese gothic (sans-serif) better matches with the MtBkLfRg.  Mixing
>> Japanese mincho (serif) with sans-serif Latin fonts makes a poor
>> design.
>>
>> > but it's not clear to me if
>> > Kaiti or Mingti/Sungti is a better choice for Chinese,
>>
>> I would say we should use hei style for Chinese.  Kai is some sort of
>> a manuscript style, and ming, song, sun are serif.  However, I also
>> know that hei style is not popular in Taiwan, and it is not easy to
>> find a good hei style font for Traditional Chinese.  In mainland
>> China, hei style is widely used, and it should be no problem finding
>> simplified heiti fonts.
>>
>> > which of the
>> > four fonts in the baekmuk package is appropriate.
>>
>> Dotum, gulim, or gothic.  When both are available, I personally prefer
>> gulim, but dotum may be an ordinary choice, since dotum is usually
>> designed more similarly to Helvetica/Arial style than gulim.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>>     Alissa Sabre
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