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A page of the Fonts Special Interest Group

The following table attempts to trace font package inclusion history in Fedora and its predecessors (Fedora Core, Fedora Extras, Fedora.us). Package availability is mostly listed at release time, except when the rolling nature of the repository (Fedora Extras, Fedora.us) made this check difficult.

Fonts packages timeline
Release Packages added Packages dropped Main events
F11

(as of 2009-01-24)

  1. apanov-heuristica-fonts
  2. aplus-fsf-KAPL-fonts
  3. baekmuk-ttf-batang-fonts
  4. baekmuk-ttf-dotum-fonts
  5. baekmuk-ttf-gulim-fonts
  6. baekmuk-ttf-hline-fonts
  7. bitstream-vera-sans-fonts
  8. bitstream-vera-sans-mono-fonts
  9. bitstream-vera-serif-fonts
  10. cjkuni-ukai-fonts
  11. cjkuni-uming-fonts
  12. ctan-cm-lgc-roman-fonts
  13. ctan-cm-lgc-sans-fonts
  14. ctan-cm-lgc-typewriter-fonts
  15. ctan-musixtex-fonts
  16. dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts
  17. dejavu-lgc-sans-mono-fonts
  18. dejavu-lgc-serif-fonts
  19. dejavu-sans-fonts
  20. dejavu-sans-mono-fonts
  21. dejavu-serif-fonts
  22. denemo-music-fonts
  23. dustin-dustismo-roman-fonts
  24. dustin-dustismo-sans-fonts
  25. hanazono-fonts
  26. unikurd-web-font
  27. ecolier-court-lignes-fonts
  28. freecol-shadowedblack-fonts
  29. google-droid-sans-fonts
  30. google-droid-sans-mono-fonts
  31. google-droid-serif-fonts
  32. hanazono-fonts
  33. liberation-mono-fonts
  34. liberation-sans-fonts
  35. liberation-serif-fonts
  36. lilypond-aybabtu-fonts
  37. lilypond-century-schoolbook-l-fonts
  38. lilypond-emmentaler-fonts
  39. mgopen-canonica-fonts
  40. mgopen-cosmetica-fonts
  41. mgopen-modata-fonts
  42. mgopen-moderna-fonts
  43. nted-fonts
  44. openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts
  45. serafettin-cartoon-fonts
  46. silkscreen-expanded-fonts
  47. smc-anjalioldlipi-fonts
  48. smc-dyuthi-fonts
  49. smc-kalyani-fonts
  50. smc-meera-fonts
  51. smc-rachana-fonts
  52. smc-raghumalayalam-fonts
  53. smc-suruma-fonts
  54. stix-integrals-fonts
  55. stix-pua-fonts
  56. stix-sizes-fonts
  57. stix-variants-fonts
  58. tiresias-info-fonts
  59. tiresias-info-z-fonts
  60. tiresias-key-v2-fonts
  61. tiresias-lp-fonts
  62. tiresias-pc-fonts
  63. tiresias-pc-z-fonts
  64. tiresias-sign-fonts
  65. tiresias-sign-z-fonts
  66. unikurd-web-font
  1. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-batang
  2. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-dotum
  3. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim
  4. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-hline
  5. bitstream-vera-fonts
  6. cjkunifonts-ukai
  7. cjkunifonts-uming
  8. dejavu-fonts
  9. dejavu-fonts-experimental
  10. dejavu-lgc-fonts
  11. mgopen-fonts
  12. smc-fonts-anjalioldlipi
  13. smc-fonts-dyuthi
  14. smc-fonts-kalyani
  15. smc-fonts-meera
  16. smc-fonts-rachana
  17. smc-fonts-raghumalayalam
  18. smc-fonts-suruma
  19. stix-fonts-integrals
  20. stix-fonts-pua
  21. stix-fonts-sizes
  22. stix-fonts-variants
  23. tiresias-fonts
Distribution-wide audit and mass repackaging of Fedora fonts. The new font packages:
  • use consistent naming,
  • use consistent granularity (font family),
  • use consistent scriptlets (less bugs),
  • can be installed independently,
  • are all exposed in fontconfig.
F10
  1. andika-fonts
  2. asana-math-fonts
  3. brettfont-fonts
  4. darkgarden-fonts
  5. ecolier-court-fonts
  6. gfs-ambrosia-fonts
  7. gfs-eustace-fonts
  8. gfs-fleischman-fonts
  9. gfs-garaldus-fonts
  10. gfs-jackson-fonts
  11. gfs-nicefore-fonts
  12. icelandic-fonts
  13. japanese-bitmap-fonts (renamed from fonts-japanese)
  14. khmeros-fonts-base
  15. khmeros-fonts-battambang
  16. khmeros-fonts-bokor
  17. khmeros-fonts-handwritten
  18. khmeros-fonts-metalchrieng
  19. khmeros-fonts-muol
  20. khmeros-fonts-siemreap
  21. lohit-fonts-kashmiri
  22. lohit-fonts-konkani
  23. lohit-fonts-maithili
  24. lohit-fonts-marathi
  25. lohit-fonts-nepali
  26. lohit-fonts-sindhi
  27. mona-fonts-bitmap
  28. mona-fonts-sazanami
  29. mona-fonts-VLGothic
  30. myanmar3-unicode-fonts
  31. padauk-fonts
  32. roadstencil-fonts
  33. smc-fonts-anjalioldlipi
  34. smc-fonts-kalyani
  35. sportrop-fonts
  36. thibault-fonts-essays1743
  37. thibault-fonts-isabella
  38. thibault-fonts-rockets
  39. thibault-fonts-staypuft
  40. un-core-fonts-batang
  41. un-core-fonts-batangbold
  42. un-core-fonts-dinaru
  43. un-core-fonts-dinarubold
  44. un-core-fonts-dinarulight
  45. un-core-fonts-dotum (new ko default)
  46. un-core-fonts-dotumbold
  47. un-core-fonts-graphic
  48. un-core-fonts-graphicbold
  49. un-core-fonts-gungseo
  50. un-core-fonts-pilgi
  51. un-core-fonts-pilgibold
  52. un-extra-fonts-bom
  53. un-extra-fonts-jamobatang
  54. un-extra-fonts-jamodotum
  55. un-extra-fonts-jamonovel
  56. un-extra-fonts-jamosora
  57. un-extra-fonts-pen
  58. un-extra-fonts-penheulim
  59. un-extra-fonts-pilgia
  60. un-extra-fonts-shinmun
  61. un-extra-fonts-taza
  62. un-extra-fonts-vada
  63. un-extra-fonts-yetgul
  1. fonts-arabic
  2. fonts-bengali
  3. fonts-chinese
  4. fonts-gujarati
  5. fonts-hebrew
  6. fonts-hindi
  7. fonts-japanese
  8. fonts-kannada
  9. fonts-korean
  10. fonts-malayalam
  11. fonts-oriya
  12. fonts-punjabi
  13. fonts-sinhala
  14. fonts-tamil
  15. fonts-telugu

fonts-script packages are removed. Their content has been migrated to other packages in previous releases, and the compatibility meta-packages are finally dropped.

F9
  1. edrip-fonts
  2. gfs-artemisia-fonts
  3. gfs-baskerville-fonts
  4. gfs-bodoni-classic-fonts
  5. gfs-bodoni-fonts
  6. gfs-complutum-fonts
  7. gfs-didot-classic-fonts
  8. gfs-didot-fonts
  9. gfs-gazis-fonts
  10. gfs-neohellenic-fonts
  11. gfs-olga-fonts
  12. gfs-porson-fonts
  13. gfs-solomos-fonts
  14. gfs-theokritos-fonts
  15. inconsolata-fonts
  16. samyak-fonts-devanagari
  17. samyak-fonts-gujarati
  18. samyak-fonts-malayalam
  19. samyak-fonts-oriya
  20. samyak-fonts-tamil
  21. sarai-fonts
  22. silkscreen-fonts
  23. smc-fonts-dyuthi
  24. smc-fonts-meera
  25. smc-fonts-rachana
  26. smc-fonts-raghumalayalam
  27. smc-fonts-suruma
  28. stix-fonts
  29. stix-fonts-integrals
  30. stix-fonts-pua
  31. stix-fonts-sizes
  32. stix-fonts-variants
  33. thaifonts-scalable
  34. tiresias-fonts
  35. VLGothic-fonts-proportional
  36. wqy-zenhei-fonts
  37. yanone-kaffeesatz-fonts
  1. hunky-fonts
  2. xorg-x11-fonts-syriac
  3. xorg-x11-fonts-truetype (Luxi)

Licensing audit causes some non-modifiable xorg fonts to be removed.

The full version of DejaVu is now the distribution main font set.

The Fonts SIG has its first effects.

F8
  1. abyssinica-fonts
  2. baekmuk-bdf-fonts
  3. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-batang
  4. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-common
  5. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-dotum
  6. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim
  7. baekmuk-ttf-fonts-hline
  8. cjkunifonts-ukai
  9. cjkunifonts-uming
  10. culmus-fonts
  11. jisksp16-1990-fonts
  12. kacst-fonts
  13. knm_new-fonts
  14. lklug-fonts
  15. lohit-fonts-bengali
  16. lohit-fonts-gujarati
  17. lohit-fonts-hindi
  18. lohit-fonts-kannada
  19. lohit-fonts-malayalam
  20. lohit-fonts-oriya
  21. lohit-fonts-punjabi
  22. lohit-fonts-tamil
  23. lohit-fonts-telugu
  24. madan-fonts
  25. nafees-web-naskh-fonts
  26. paktype-fonts
  27. sazanami-fonts-gothic
  28. sazanami-fonts-mincho
  29. taipeifonts
  30. wqy-bitmap-fonts
  31. wqy-unibit-fonts
  1. xorg-x11-fonts-base

In Fedora 8 fonts for all available languages are now installed by default on the desktop to give good default language coverage.

Most of the fonts in generically named font packages have been moved to their own packages (Baekmuk, Lohit…) to reflect the upstream name and make font choices easier.

The large and necessary F8 package churn thus does not correspond to the inclusion of many new fonts.

Fonts SIG
SIG creation late in the Fedora 8 cycle, with the aim to accelerate Fedora fonts inclusion.
F7
  1. wqy-bitmap-fonts
  2. wqy-unibit-fonts
  3. wqy-zenhei-fonts

First Core+Extras merged release.

FC6, FE6
  1. dejavu-lgc-fonts
  2. fonts-kannada
  3. fonts-malayalam
  4. fonts-oriya
  5. fonts-sinhala
  6. fonts-telugu
  7. liberation-fonts
  8. wqy-unibit-fonts
  9. wqy-zenhei-fonts
  1. dejavu-fonts-block
  2. dejavu-fonts-makedefault

DejaVu LGC is added to Fedora Core and made the default. The DejaVu (full) package in Fedora Extras is simplified to just take over if it's installed.

Liberation is added to Fedora.

FC5, FE5
  1. dejavu-fonts-block
  2. dejavu-fonts-experimental
  3. dejavu-fonts-makedefault
  4. efont-unicode-bdf
  5. freefont
  6. jomolhari-fonts
  7. linux-libertine-fonts
  8. terminus-font-console
  9. terminus-font-x11
  10. tibetan-machine-uni-fonts
  11. VLGothic-fonts
  12. wqy-bitmap-fonts
  13. xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi
  14. xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi
  15. xorg-x11-fonts-base
  16. xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic
  17. xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic
  18. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi
  19. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-100dpi
  20. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-75dpi
  21. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-100dpi
  22. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-75dpi
  23. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi
  24. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-100dpi
  25. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-75dpi
  26. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-100dpi
  27. xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-75dpi
  28. xorg-x11-fonts-misc
  29. xorg-x11-fonts-syriac
  30. xorg-x11-fonts-truetype
  31. xorg-x11-fonts-Type1
  32. zvbi-fonts
  1. fonts-xorg-100dpi
  2. fonts-xorg-75dpi
  3. fonts-xorg-base
  4. fonts-xorg-cyrillic
  5. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-100dpi
  6. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-75dpi
  7. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-100dpi
  8. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-75dpi
  9. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-100dpi
  10. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-75dpi
  11. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-100dpi
  12. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-75dpi
  13. fonts-xorg-syriac
  14. fonts-xorg-truetype
  15. taipeifonts

Xorg is now modular. X font packages are renamed.

Linux Libertine and FreeFont are merged.

FC4, FE4
  1. charis-fonts
  2. dejavu-fonts-experimental
  3. doulos-fonts
  4. fonts-chinese
  5. fonts-gujarati
  6. fonts-hindi
  7. fonts-japanese
  8. fonts-korean
  9. fonts-punjabi
  10. fonts-tamil
  11. fonts-truetype-apl
  12. fonts-x11-apl
  13. gentium-fonts
  14. hunky-fonts
  1. fonts-ja
  2. ttfonts-bn
  3. ttfonts-gu
  4. ttfonts-hi
  5. ttfonts-ja
  6. ttfonts-ko
  7. ttfonts-pa
  8. ttfonts-ta
  9. ttfonts-zh_CN
  10. ttfonts-zh_TW

Doulos, Charis and Gentium are merged.

The mass font package renaming continues.

FC3, FE3
  1. fonts-xorg-100dpi
  2. fonts-xorg-75dpi
  3. fonts-xorg-base
  4. fonts-xorg-cyrillic
  5. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-100dpi
  6. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-75dpi
  7. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-100dpi
  8. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-75dpi
  9. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-100dpi
  10. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-75dpi
  11. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-100dpi
  12. fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-75dpi
  13. fonts-xorg-syriac
  14. fonts-xorg-truetype
  15. mgopen-fonts
  16. ttfonts-bn
  17. ttfonts-gu
  18. ttfonts-hi
  19. ttfonts-pa
  20. ttfonts-ta
  1. xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts
  2. xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts
  3. xorg-x11-base-fonts
  4. xorg-x11-cyrillic-fonts
  5. xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
  6. xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
  7. xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
  8. xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
  9. xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
  10. xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
  11. xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
  12. xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
  13. xorg-x11-syriac-fonts
  14. xorg-x11-truetype-fonts

Fedora Extras is announced.

Attempt to clean up and consolidate Fedora Core font package naming. Since the rules chosen are different from the community rules of Fedora Extras, more mass renaming will quickly follow.

MgOpen is merged.

FC2, Fus2
  1. bitmap-fonts
  2. bitmap-fonts-cjk
  3. bitstream-vera-fonts
  4. fonts-arabic
  5. fonts-bengali
  6. fonts-hebrew
  7. fonts-ISO8859
  8. fonts-ISO8859-2-100dpi
  9. fonts-ISO8859-2-75dpi
  10. fonts-ja
  11. fonts-KOI8-R
  12. fonts-KOI8-R-100dpi
  13. fonts-KOI8-R-75dpi
  14. ghostscript-fonts
  15. taipeifonts
  16. tetex-fonts
  17. ttfonts-ja
  18. ttfonts-ko
  19. ttfonts-zh_CN
  20. ttfonts-zh_TW
  21. urw-fonts
  22. xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts
  23. xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts
  24. xorg-x11-base-fonts
  25. xorg-x11-cyrillic-fonts
  26. xorg-x11-font-utils
  27. xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
  28. xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
  29. xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
  30. xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
  31. xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
  32. xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
  33. xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
  34. xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
  35. xorg-x11-syriac-fonts
  36. xorg-x11-truetype-fonts
  1. XFree86-100dpi-fonts
  2. XFree86-75dpi-fonts
  3. XFree86-base-fonts
  4. XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
  5. XFree86-font-utils
  6. XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
  7. XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
  8. XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
  9. XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
  10. XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
  11. XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
  12. XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
  13. XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
  14. XFree86-syriac-fonts
  15. XFree86-truetype-fonts

Bitstream Vera is merged as default font.

XFree86 is replaced by Xorg, leading to mass X font package renaming (wouldn't be the last one).

FC1, Fus1
  1. mathml-fonts
  2. XFree86-100dpi-fonts
  3. XFree86-75dpi-fonts
  4. XFree86-base-fonts
  5. XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
  6. XFree86-font-utils
  7. XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
  8. XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
  9. XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
  10. XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
  11. XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
  12. XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
  13. XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
  14. XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
  15. XFree86-syriac-fonts
  16. XFree86-truetype-fonts

Fedora rises from Red Hat Linux ashes. XFree86 is the only distribution font provider.

The community packages its first font set, MathML fonts.


Fonts in Fedora
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