From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on sa.local.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Originating-IP: [81.106.150.188] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=JuUM15MC c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=DGj713NdaxKrsjjgQne7PA==:117 a=DGj713NdaxKrsjjgQne7PA==:17 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=yEdEr6MRgwAA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=uRRa74qj2VoA:10 a=vTr9H3xdAAAA:8 a=WCt56ELzAAAA:8 a=521NDg7DPIbexE8JFLEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:45:23 +0100 From: Ken Moffat To: Linux console tools development discussion Message-ID: <20150805164523.GB9854@milliways> References: <1438726577.3435.7.camel@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1438726577.3435.7.camel@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: mfabian@redhat.com Subject: Re: [kbd] eurlatgr uses different glyph for ' (single quote) than latarcyrheb-sun16 X-BeenThere: kbd@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: Linux console tools development discussion List-Id: Linux console tools development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:46:16 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 03:16:17PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > Hi, folks. Per > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NewDefaultConsoleFont - > "eurlatgr is based on latarcyrheb-sun16 so the typeface does not > change" - it sounds like eurlatgr is intended to have the same > appearance as latarcyrheb-sun16 for characters they share in common, > but in fact there seems to be at least one noticeable difference: the > single quote character ('). In eurlatgr it's a straight, vertical line; > in latarcyrheb-sun16 (and the qemu firmware font, for whatever that's > worth...) it's a curl, like a comma. > > It's easy to see this: just type a ' in a console and flip between > eurlatgr and latarcyrheb-sun16 . > > I noticed this because we've been implementing some Fedora tests using > openQA, SUSE's screenshot-match-based automated test framework, and one > of the tests we use matches against a string with a ' in it on a > console. For $BORING_REASONS the font used wound up being eurlatgr in > some tests I was running and the qemu console font in others, so the > match failed sometimes. > > Thanks! > -- > Adam Williamson > Fedora QA Community Monkey > IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net > http://www.happyassassin.net > For fedora testing, this is undoubtedly an issue. But for the kbd list I cannot see that this has any relevance - a font designer is free to change any, or all, the glyphs. My LatGrkCyr-12x22 is based on iso1-12x22, derived from the kernel's sun12x22, but most of the glyphs are altered (in that case I needed more rows for diacriticals so that I could recognise them). Good luck with fixing your test infrastructure. ĸen -- This one goes up to eleven: but only on a clear day, with the wind in the right direction.