Comment 5 for bug 656690
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| Bruno Maag (bruno-daltonmaag) wrote Re: Expansion: (ả, ẻ, ủ, ẽ, ớ, ờ) for Vietnamese in Latin Extended Additional | #5 |
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We extending the fonts it's important to do this according to set and agreed standards, and Unicode is definitely the way forward. All future development for the Ubuntu fonts needs to be done according to Unicode blocks, not drip-feeding glyphs, essentially doing patch-work and keeping a perpetual beta-cycle.
It is important to start thinking of the Ubuntu font suite as a product that adheres to specifications and fulfills expectations by users. Remember that these fonts will be used outside the Ubuntu community who use the fonts precisely because they support Unicode blocks, are hinted and have great design quality.
It's also important to remember that so far the Ubuntu community has only experienced the four basic fonts that are shipped today with 10.10. Altogether there will be 13 different font styles, all of which eventually have to have matching character sets. It's a huge piece of work that needs careful co-ordinating and quality control to make this one of the most successful and comprehensive font products in modern times.