From Fedora Project Wiki
< Features
m (→Summary: not gnome specific) |
(→Owner) |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
== Owner == | == Owner == | ||
* Name: [[User:James|James Ni]], [[User:pwu|Peng Wu]], [[User:tagoh|Tagoh]] | * Name: [[User:James|James Ni]], [[User:pwu|Peng Wu]], [[User:tagoh|Akira Tagoh]] | ||
* Email: jni@redhat.com | * Email: jni@redhat.com | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 20 January 2012
Set a Page Watch
Make sure you click watch on your new page so that you are notified of changes to it by others, including the Feature Wrangler
Make sure you click watch on your new page so that you are notified of changes to it by others, including the Feature Wrangler
Font Configuration Tool
Summary
This feature provides a tool for customizing fonts per language on desktops using fontconfig. The user requirements of desktop fonts are diverse, no single configuration can satisfy all user requirements.
Owner
- Name: James Ni, Peng Wu, Akira Tagoh
- Email: jni@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 17
- Last updated: 2012-01-19
- Percentage of completion: 40%
Detailed Description
User requirements:
- Preferred Fonts on Desktop.
- User may specify the preferred fonts for sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive.
Benefit to Fedora
This will make the Fedora desktop more convenient to use. Many users want to customize the desktop fonts, but lack the knowledge to do so, they will copy others' ~/.fonts.conf to his own home directory. With this tools, the users can customize fonts on their need, without need to learn how to write fontconfig conf files.
Scope
- Customize the sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive fonts.
- Create the UI, including scrollwindow, combobox and button (done)
- Create a pop-up window to display all the languages and let user choose the language (done)
- Display fonts list in combobox (done)
- In Fedora 17 remain tasks:
- Generate fonts configuration file base on chosen language and fonts using libeasyfc
- Display sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive fonts list for chosen language
- Remove language from language list
How To Test
- Install fonts-tweak-tool and libeasyfc
- Try to set prefer fonts by using fonts-tweak-tool
- Check the $HOME/.config/i18n for fonts setting
User Experience
- With fonts-tweak-tool, user can easily set their prefer fonts for sans/serif/monospace/fantasy/cursive
Dependencies
- Depend on libeasyfc.
Contingency Plan
Documentation
git-hub repo[1]
Release Notes
fonts-tweak-tool with libeasyfc backend provides a more easy way to customize fonts for user's desktop.