[Debian-in-workers] Bug#478488: Bug#478488: Bug#478488: Remove Duplicate Rachana Font

[Anivar Aravind]

2008/4/30 Davide Viti <zinosat at tiscali.it>:
> Hi,
>
>
>  On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 04:57:54PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
>  > >On ttf-malayalam-fonts package there is a Duplication of Rachana Fonts.
>  > >Rachana_w01.ttf is an Old version of Rachana_04.ttf
>  > >So I request to remove the Old version.  Also for Debian Installer Udeb
>  > >Replace Rachana_w01 the Old version font with Rachana_04.ttf
>  > >
>  >
>  > What problems in Rachana_w01 does Rachana_04 fix?
>  >
>  >
>  > >Also 2 fonts in this package AnjaliOldLipi-0.730.ttf & MalOTF.ttf are
>  > >not rendering well with Upstream pango, we swathanthra Malayalam
>  > >Computing, the malayalam L10n team can provide patches for these fonts
>  > >very soon
>  >
>  > Please provide them ASAP.  As it is, it is probably too late to get these
>  > changes into lenny but if we beg and plead we might be able to get a
>  > special dispensation.  It is important that we are fully ready on our end
>  > before we approach the d-i/release teams.
>
>  I've patched the package as to include Rachana_04.ttf (available in [1])
>  and generated a screenshot [2] in a special chroot; you can compare it
>  with a screenshot rendering the same piece of text but produced with
>  Rachana_w01.ttf
>  I suggest you compare [2] and [3] loading them in separate tabs and switching
>  back and forth.

Great work Davide
It clearly helps to see the  evolution of the font from 2005 to 2008.
The text using Rachana_04.ttf Looks  fine . The other have a lot of
rendoring errors on Post base YA,RA, LA, VA forms


>
>  [1] http://alioth.debian.org/~zinosat-guest/ttf-malayalam-fonts-udeb_0.5.3_all.udeb
>  [2] http://alioth.debian.org/~zinosat-guest/ml_Rachana_04.png
>  [3] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/gtk-frontend/screenshots/2.23-1_vs_2.24-2/common/ml.png
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