[Bug 477371] [cave9] Please convert to new font packaging guidelines

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--- Comment #26 from Victor Bogado <bogado at bogado.net>  2009-06-25 08:06:29 EDT ---
Well according to the document you pointed out, it seems to me that for all
fantasy fonts there should not be the second half of the file. 

"— the second one tells fontconfig it can complete the font named [fontname]
with glyphs taken from fonts registered under [genericname]."

The argument is simple, fantasy fonts are generally used for their looks and
the computer will not be able to guess witch is the best "compatible look" for
the current project. So in my point of view, for fantasy fonts, the computer
should display a missing glyph to the user instead of choosing another font
that will probably surprise the user.

But I guess that this should be part of a larger policy, what do you think?

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