Change default Korean font to ttf-nanum
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Fontconfig |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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fontconfig (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson | ||
language-selector (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This report affects ubuntu-desktop, language-
Since Sep. 2007, ttf-unfonts-core has been a suggested package of ubuntu-desktop. In a default install, Unfonts are set as the default Korean font.
A superior quality Korean font (ttf-nanum) became available as from late 2010 under OFL. In May 2011, Google ChromeOS adopted ttf-nanum as the default Korean font. After an extensive discussion in the Ubuntu Korean LoCo Mailing list since last year, a consensus has now been reached that it is time to migrate to ttf-nanum as the default Korean font in Ubuntu.
To achieve this, (1) ttf-unfonts-core (7.4Mb package size) must be replaced with ttf-nanum (7.5Mb package size) as the suggested package of ubuntu-desktop (2) language-
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in fontconfig (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in language-selector (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in language-support-fonts-ko (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in openjdk-6 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in fontconfig: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in fontconfig: | |
importance: | Medium → Wishlist |
Changed in fontconfig: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
I am Korean Locoterm owner bundo
I will be very pleased to see them improved