Re: further notes on using Pango

From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 12:21:02 EDT

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     --- Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com> wrote:
    > At 4:50 PM +0100 4/26/02, Andrew Dunbar wrote:
    > > > I would disagree. I would suggest that we show
    > the
    > >> Japanese
    > >> name ALL THE TIME, if it exists. Why does it
    > matter
    > >> what the locale
    > >> is, since Abi is a "multi-lingual WP"???
    > >
    > >Umm - nobody will be able to read it for a start!
    >
    > If they are running a Unicode enabled OS they will.

    They'll be able to see it - not read it. They won't
    be able to read it out over the telephone or type it
    into a bug report.

    > I don't
    > run my Mac or Windows machines in Japanese, but I
    > have the "language
    > kits" installed and happily view font names (and
    > other things) in
    > Japanese as i would expect.
    >
    >
    > >I like playing with Japanese myself but I can't
    > read Kanji.
    > >
    >
    > Same here! But why should I have to switch to
    > that locale
    > to see the data in the native font/script.

    Why would you want to? We're talking about the name
    of the font - a sample of the font I would surely
    want to see in the native script.

    Andrew Dunbar.

    > Leonard
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