Hoi, Given that you only researched Latin fonts, did you consider the coverage of these fonts for languages? Not all fonts are created equal, they often do not necessarily cover all the characters that are needed for specific languages.
Consequently, you cannot apply your work to other languages without considering this as well. Thanks, GerardM
On 3 March 2014 23:33, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Brian Wolff bawolff@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 3, 2014 4:58 PM, "Ryan Kaldari" rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yes, we only looked at Latin fonts. We are working on an FAQ, however,
that
explains how wikis that use non-Latin scripts can specify their own
font
stack using MediaWiki:Vector.css.
Ryan Kaldari
I dont think users should be responsible for that sort of thing. Could we do per-language css and only do this on en/other known good languages if
we
know that its going to be a bad choice for some languages?
There are only a couple of languages in which we know this stack will be a "bad choice" (so far, Navajo and Vietnamese). In most languages that use non-Latin scripts, the font-family declaration will have little or no effect, but the readability will be improved by increasing the leading and font-size. Specifically the existing small leading is often a problem for Indic scripts and the existing small font-size is often a problem for logographic scripts.
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