Activity log for bug #409101

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-08-04 23:11:53 LoonyPhoenix bug added bug
2009-08-04 23:17:06 LoonyPhoenix description If I install both ttf-liberation and ttf-mscorefonts-installer (formerly msttcorefonts), web browsers use only Microsoft fonts and ignore ttf-liberation completely because I think fontconfig prefers, e.g., Arial to Liberations Sans if Arial is requested. If I install only ttf-liberation, which replaces only Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New, then the web looks incomplete without fonts like Verdana and Georgia. I even miss Comic Sans. Well, then, here's my dilemma: which one to use? I suggest that ttf-mscorefonts-installer be split into two packages: the fonts already replaced by the free software community, which would be called something like ttf-mscorefonts-base, and the fonts which sadly have no metric alternative (ttf-mscorefonts-extra). Or else make fontconfig use Liberation fonts instead of Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New even if those are available by default. If I install both ttf-liberation and ttf-mscorefonts-installer (formerly msttcorefonts), web browsers use only Microsoft fonts and ignore ttf-liberation completely because I think fontconfig prefers, e.g., Arial to Liberations Sans if Arial is requested. And that is bad because ttf-liberation look better, at least in Linux :) If I install only ttf-liberation, which replaces only Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New, then the web looks incomplete without fonts like Verdana and Georgia. I even miss Comic Sans. Well, then, here's my dilemma: which one to use? I suggest that ttf-mscorefonts-installer be split into two packages: the fonts already replaced by the free software community, which would be called something like ttf-mscorefonts-base, and the fonts which sadly have no metric alternative (ttf-mscorefonts-extra). Or else make fontconfig use Liberation fonts instead of Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New even if those are available by default.
2010-11-07 09:55:11 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug task added baltix
2012-11-01 03:56:29 Launchpad Janitor msttcorefonts (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed