FFe: New upstream version Ubuntu Font Family 0.71.2

[Paul Sladen]

This is a new upstream version of the Ubuntu Font Family. In addition to the extensive bug fixes it doubles the number of .ttfs files, from four to eight with the inclusion of Light, Medium and italics.

Upstream changelog:

2010-03-08 (Paul Sladen) Ubuntu Font Family version 0.71.2

  * (Production) Adjust Medium WeightClass to 500 (Md, MdIt) (LP: #730912)

2010-03-07 (Paul Sladen) Ubuntu Font Family version 0.71.1

  * (Design) Add Capitalised version of glyphs and kern. (Lt, LtIt,
    Md, MdIt) DM (LP: #677446)
  * (Design) Re-space and tighen Regular and Italic by amount specified
    by Mark Shuttleworth (minus 4 FUnits). (Rg, It) (LP: #677149)
  * (Design) Design: Latin (U+0192) made straight more like l/c f with
    tail (LP: #670768)
  * (Design) (U+01B3) should have hook on right, as the lowercase
    (U+01B4) (LP: #681026)
  * (Design) Tail of Light Italic germandbls, longs and lowercase 'f'
    to match Italic/BoldItalic (LP: #623925)
  * (Production) Update <case> feature (Lt, LtIt, Md, MdIt). DM
    (LP: #676538, #676539)
  * (Production) Remove Bulgarian locl feature for Italics. (LP: #708578)
  * (Production) Update Description information with new string:
      "The Ubuntu Font Family are libre fonts funded by Canonical Ltd
      on behalf of the Ubuntu project. The font design work and
      technical implementation is being undertaken by Dalton Maag. The
      typeface is sans-serif, uses OpenType features and is manually
      hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens. The
      scope of the Ubuntu Font Family includes all the languages used
      by the various Ubuntu users around the world in tune with
      Ubuntu's philosophy which states that every user should be able
      to use their software in the language of their choice. The
      project is ongoing, and we expect the family will be extended to
      cover many written languages in the coming years."
    (Rg, It, Bd, BdIt, Lt, LtIt, Md, MdIt) (LP: #690590)
  * (Production) Pixel per em indicator added at U+F000 (Lt, LtIt, Md,
    MdIt) (LP: #615787)
  * (Production) Version number indicator added at U+EFFD (Lt, LtIt, Md,
    MdIt) (LP: #640623)
  * (Production) fstype bit set to 0 - Editable (Lt, LtIt, Md, MdIt)
    (LP: #648406)
  * (Production) Localisation of name table has been removed because
    of problems with Mac OS/X interpretation of localisation. DM
    (LP: #730785)
  * (Hinting) Regular '?' dot non-circular (has incorrect control
    value). (LP: #654336)
  * (Hinting) Too much space after latin capital 'G' in 13pt
    regular. Now reduced. (LP: #683437)
  * (Hinting) Balance Indian Rupee at 18,19pt (LP: #662177)
  * (Hinting) Make Regular '£' less ambiguous at 13-15 ppm (LP: #685562)
  * (Hinting) Regular capital 'W' made symmetrical at 31 ppem (LP: #686168)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Doubling the fonts will also mean an extra 2 MB of CD space, right?

The other changes are by and large bug fixes and sound fine.

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

pitti: yes. About 1.5MB compressed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-font-family-sources - 0.71.2-0ubuntu1

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ubuntu-font-family-sources (0.71.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release 0.71.2 ("squeezed") (LP: #736502)
    + (Production) Adjust Medium WeightClass to 500 (Md, MdIt) (LP: #730912)

  * Upstream Ubuntu Font Family version 0.71.1
    + (Design) Add Capitalised version of glyphs and kern. (Lt, LtIt,
      Md, MdIt) DM (LP: #677446)
    + (Design) Re-space and tighen Regular and Italic by amount specified
      by Mark Shuttleworth (minus 4 FUnits). (Rg, It) (LP: #677149)
    + (Design) Design: Latin (U+0192) made straight more like l/c f with
      tail (LP: #670768)
    + (Design) (U+01B3) should have hook on right, as the lowercase
      (U+01B4) (LP: #681026)
    + (Design) Tail of Light Italic germandbls, longs and lowercase 'f'
      to match Italic/BoldItalic (LP: #623925)
    + (Production) Update <case> feature (Lt, LtIt, Md, MdIt). DM
      (LP: #676538, #676539)
    + (Production) Remove Bulgarian locl feature for Italics. (LP: #708578)
    + (Production) Update Description information with new string:
      "The Ubuntu Font Family are libre fonts funded by Canonical Ltd
      on behalf of the Ubuntu project. The font design work and
      technical implementation is being undertaken by Dalton Maag. The
      typeface is sans-serif, uses OpenType features and is manually
      hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens. The
      scope of the Ubuntu Font Family includes all the languages used
      by the various Ubuntu users around the world in tune with
      Ubuntu's philosophy which states that every user should be able
      to use their software in the language of their choice. The
      project is ongoing, and we expect the family will be extended to
      cover many written languages in the coming years."
      (Rg, It, Bd, BdIt, Lt, LtIt, Md, MdIt) (LP: #690590)
    + (Production) Pixel per em indicator added at U+F000 (Lt, LtIt, Md,
      MdIt) (LP: #615787)
    + (Production) Version number indicator added at U+EFFD (Lt, LtIt, Md,
      MdIt) (LP: #640623)
    + (Production) fstype bit set to 0 - Editable (Lt, LtIt, Md, MdIt)
      (LP: #648406)
    + (Production) Localisation of name table has been removed because
      of problems with Mac OS/X interpretation of localisation. DM
      (LP: #730785)
    + (Hinting) Regular '?' dot non-circular (has incorrect control
      value). (LP: #654336)
    + (Hinting) Too much space after latin capital 'G' in 13pt
      regular. Now reduced. (LP: #683437)
    + (Hinting) Balance Indian Rupee at 18,19pt (LP: #662177)
    + (Hinting) Make Regular '£' less ambiguous at 13-15 ppm (LP: #685562)
    + (Hinting) Regular capital 'W' made symmetrical at 31 ppem (LP: #686168)
 -- Paul Sladen <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:45:45 +0000