Bug 517438

Summary:	media-fonts/inconsolata version bump
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Anonymous bin ich <9b757fe0>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Fonts Team <fonts>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	9b757fe0
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Inconsolata
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Description Anonymous bin ich 2014-07-18 18:48:56 UTC

Current inconsolata fonts don't have bold. Fontconfig can be forced to render it as bold, but then the 'monospace quality' of it breaks, which is unacceptable.

Google has addressed this issue by adding adding a bolded version of it, and renaming 'Medium' to 'Regular' like other fonts.

I suggest we use the google's version of inconsolata since it only a very minor yet incredibly useful change from the original version which has not been updated in years.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge inconsolata
2. Try to use bold and normal version of it in a text editor
3.
Actual Results:  
Bold version has different char-width than the medium version.

Expected Results:  
Both should take same char-width.

Also see @http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Inconsolata

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-07-19 13:54:51 UTC

That appears to be the exact same font, by the same author, just hosted elsewhere.

Comment 2 Ben de Groot (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-21 16:53:13 UTC

+*inconsolata-20140821 (21 Feb 2015)
+
+  21 Feb 2015; Ben de Groot <yngwin@gentoo.org> +inconsolata-20140821.ebuild:
+  version bump (bug #517438)