[SailfishDevel] Request - Include Indian Language fonts

[Cathal (Phone)]

Between UTF8 and the many freely available fonts this really shouldn't happen in 2015.

On 22 February 2015 12:59:18 GMT+00:00, "Anand.R.Kris" <anandrkris at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Anand.R.Kris <anandrkris at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Hi Sailors,
>>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> As suggested by Carsten Munk, am making a request here to include
>> Indian vernacualr language fonts (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada).
>> Currently, am using openrepos [1] or copy ttf files manually to have
>> these installed as discussed here. [2]
>>
>> It will be nice to have these fonts installed without using such
>> hacks. Opening Google.co.in on stock Jolla shows illegible squares as
>> shown here. [3]
>>
>> You obviously saw potential in India, we're close to a billion people
>> with huge diversity in demographics....bla bla... :-) What I want to
>> convey is, having this installed by default or available in store to
>> install on demand (if space is a constraint) would benefit Indian
>> users.
>>
>> IMO, you should make region based customization for stock product
>sold
>> in each region but that's a different topic...
>>
>>
>> [1] -
>https://openrepos.net/content/abyzthomas/indian-language-fonts-sailfish
>> [2] -
>https://together.jolla.com/question/61109/jolla-india-discussions/?answer=64599#post-id-64599
>> [3] - https://together.jolla.com/upfiles/14159752783546939.jpg
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Anand Radhakrishnan
>> When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>]
>
>Greetings Sailors >> Just a gentle reminder that this post is
>unanswered.
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>Anand Radhakrishnan
>When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>]
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