Comment 10 for bug 1311873

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Dan Dascalescu (ddascalescu+launchpad) wrote :

Even though Pinta fixed this, I think we should not ignore the underlying problem - hundreds or thousands of fonts installed by default on Ubuntu systems, the *vast* majority of which we don't need, as they are far-eastern scripts.

I've been trying to persuade distro maintainers to provide an option to only install fonts relevant to the selected locale, or at least Latin fonts as a fallback option if that's too complicated.

Ubuntu - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/excessive-fonts-installed-by-default/20924

Kubuntu - https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/77868-How-can-we-reduce-the-crapton-of-fonts-installed-by-default

Mint - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=339442

I could use some support over there. People seem to be very triggered by my proposal.