[Tilesathome] Indic(Indian) fonts

[Florian Lohoff]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 09:44:11PM +0100, James A. T. Rice wrote:
>>> On debian and ubuntu:
>>> #apt-get install ttf-indic-fonts
>>
>> Please update the wiki pages concerning the client installation. Its easy
>> to install some more fonts - the people just need to know whats needed.
>
> If it's not mandated that all clients have the additional fonts, then  
> doesn't this just mean that the text will be present or not depending on  
> who last rendered the tile?
>
> Is that kind of non deterministic behaviour desirable?

This is the problem with t at h - Nobody is forced to install the additional
fonts - look at the wiki page - there are already 3-5 font packages the
clients should install - but its not enforced ...

This is why i said the installation page should be updated which means
the probability for those texts to show up increases ...

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                                                 f at zz.de
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