PreferredFonts
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. Therefore we try to strip down the amount of packages and files installed, while ensuring that the most popular languages can still be rendered on the screen. In order to pick the most suitable fonts for our default 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.
Latin / Cyrillic / Greek
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
All Latin script languages |
DejaVu Sans |
|
All Cyrillic script languages |
DejaVu Sans |
|
Greek |
DejaVu Sans |
|
Middle East
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Arabic |
KACST One |
|
Hebrew |
DejaVu Sans |
|
East Asia
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Chinese |
WQY Micro Hei |
|
Japanese |
Takao Gothic (improved IPA Gothic) |
|
Korean |
UnDotum |
|
Indic scripts
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Bengali script |
Lohit Bengali |
|
Devanagari script |
Gargi |
|
Gujarati script |
Lohit Gujarati |
|
Kannada script |
Lohit Kannada |
|
Malayalam script |
Meera |
|
Oriya script |
Lohit Oriya |
|
Punjabi script |
Lohit Punjabi |
|
Tamil script |
Lohit Tamil |
|
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 |
|
Georgian |
DejaVu Sans |
|
Africa
Language/Script |
Current font pick |
Remarks |
Ethiopian |
Free Serif |
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