Comment 3 for bug 650729

One thing to bear in mind is that there's no point simply copying existing
pIQad glyphs, since coverage for those is provided by other fonts already -
and it's not clear that the pIQad glyphs are modifiable.

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Launchpad Bug Tracker <
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> You have been subscribed to a public bug by Jonathan Carter (jonathan):
>
> Binary package hint: ttf-ubuntu-font-family
>
> While we don't have a huge Klingon community in Ubuntu (at least not
> according to the Klingon Translations Team[1]), it would still be nice
> to at least be able to display the Wikipedia Klingon Language page[2]
> properly without having the subtitle display as blocks. Also, it would
> be a nice exercise for the font designers and having at least some
> support for an obscure constructed language does allow some bragging
> rights.
>
> Having just a few glyphs initially would maybe inspire some Klingon
> speakers to get involved and develop some more glyphs.
>
> Also, when the Khitomer Accords will be signed in 2267 and the Klingons
> join the Federation, it will be nice to introduce them to Ubuntu and
> show them that their language is already fully supported, and may
> strengthen early relations. Some might note that this is against the
> Temporal Prime Directive, but technically that only takes effect in the
> 24th century[3].
>
> [1] https://translations.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-tlh
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language
> [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive#Temporal_Prime_Directive
>
> ** Affects: ubuntu-font-family-sources (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Wishlist
> Status: New
>
> --
> Ubuntu Font should support Klingon
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/650729
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