Bug 216528

Summary:	media-fonts/ttf-mph2b-damase-001.000 - new ebuild
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) <loki_val>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	fonts, hypnos75
Priority:	High	Keywords:	EBUILD
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://packages.qa.debian.org/t/ttf-mph-2b-damase.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	ttf-mph2b-damase-001.000.ebuild

Description Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-06 13:56:58 UTC

MPH 2B Damase is a SuperUnicode font, including ranges in Plane 1 and ranges added in the latest release of the Unicode standard (4.1). Some of these ranges include Tifinagh, Kharosthi, hPhags-pa, Old Persian Cuneiform etc.

This font lacks contextual substitution (OpenType tables) and composite glyphs needed to fully support the Kharoṣṭhī script. It covers a wider range of scripts than a font solely focused on the Kharoṣṭhī script, which would likely have more complete support for this script (including contextual substitution and composite glyphs). As a result of the behaviour of the default Debian font matching system (fontconfig), where it prefers fonts that support a broader range of scripts, MPH 2B Damase might be preferred over a not yet created font with better support for the Kharoṣṭhī script. This font matching system will not be desirable if you have a specific Kharoṣṭhī font available (with better support for this script). 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-06 13:57:27 UTC

Created attachment 148868 [details]
ttf-mph2b-damase-001.000.ebuild

Comment 2 Samu Voutilainen 2008-06-16 13:14:51 UTC

Works under AMD64.