http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
Summary: RFE: add a gfx preview to font packages Product: PackageKit Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: General AssignedTo: richard@hughsie.com ReportedBy: nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net CC: fedora-fonts-bugs-list@redhat.com
The best way for a user to select a font is to show it to him.
For this reason font sites commonly provide bitmap preview images or so-called specimen files (typically in PDF form) that showcase the font capabilities. http://gonzo.uni-weimar.de/~gerner/fonts/YanoneKaffeesatz.pdf http://www.ascendercorp.com/pdf/Droid_fonts.pdf
Packagekit should do the same.
The image should be a pangram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pangrams
in the main unicode blocks the font supports
The specimen may include unicode coverage info, glyph table, etc
For more info ask on fedora-fonts-list at redhat.com