List of preferred fonts for the Live CD
Introduction
For our Ubuntu Live CD, we try to cover as many languages as possible, but unfortunately we are limited by the available space on the CD. Usually font packages include multiple fonts for a given language or set of languages, but we simply don't have enough space on the LiveCD to install all relevant font packages.
Therefore we will pick one or two fonts per language or script from the existing font packages and repackage them into a ubuntu-desktop-fonts package to ensure that the most popular languages can still be rendered on the screen.
If the user installs Ubuntu on the hard disk and has Internet connection available, the relevant font packages for his/her language(s) will still get automatically installed as usual. In order to pick the most suitable fonts for our LiveCD desktop, we'd like to ask the community for suggestions and comments on the font selection for their language(s). Below is a table with current suggestions and a Remarks field.
- Please fill in a comment if the current pick is OK for your language or if you would suggest another font instead. If your language or script is missing, feel free to add it to the list.
Additional info at: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/GUIFonts
Latin / Cyrillic / Greek
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
All Latin script languages |
DejaVu Sans |
DejaVu is very nice, but consider ttf-sil-gentium (Gentium is a Unicode typeface family designed to enable the many diverse ethnic groups around the world who use the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications.) |
All Cyrillic script languages |
DejaVu Sans |
|
Greek |
DejaVu Sans |
OK |
Middle East
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Arabic |
KACST One |
The current font in the repository is too old, it should be updated with the latest (improved) 3.0 release. The new version should ideally be packaged alone (not bundled with other KACST fonts). See the announcement. |
Hebrew |
DejaVu Sans |
|
East Asia
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Chinese |
WQY Micro Hei |
wqy-microhei is a good font that derives from droid sans fallback, but its appearance on new Live CD still need testers' feedback and LoCo's investigation, there are some buddies considering wqy-zenhei is more fit their screens and eyes. |
Japanese |
Takao Gothic (improved IPA Gothic) |
OK, we make new Takao P Gothic. WIP with Arne. |
Korean |
UnDotum |
|
Indic scripts
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Bengali script |
Lohit Bengali |
|
Devanagari script |
Gargi |
|
Gujarati script |
Rekha |
|
Kannada script |
Lohit Kannada |
|
Malayalam script |
Meera |
|
Oriya script |
Lohit Oriya |
|
Punjabi script |
Lohit Punjabi |
|
Tamil script |
Lohit Tamil |
OK |
Telugu script |
Pothana2000 |
|
Sinhala |
LK LUG |
|
Southeast Asia
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Thai |
Waree |
|
Lao |
DejaVu Sans |
|
Khmer |
Khmer OS |
|
Myanmar |
Padauk |
|
Central Asia
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Armenian |
DejaVu Sans |
FreeSans is preferable. DejaVu Sans Armenian block is very poor quality. |
Georgian |
DejaVu Sans |
|
Africa
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Ethiopian |
Free Serif |
|