[Bug 2257137] Review Request: rit-keraleeyam-fonts - Display style traditional script font for Malayalam

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--- Comment #19 from Benson Muite <benson_muite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ---
(In reply to Rajeesh from comment #18)
> (In reply to Benson Muite from comment #17)
> 
> > Source0:  %{url}/-/jobs/artifacts/%{version}/download?job=build-tag#/download
> 
> Only, it doesn't result in a %{name}-%{version}.zip file. curl, which
> rpmbuild uses, generates a file named 'download'. If only that can be worked
> around...

It can. See
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/9148897

> 
> 
> > Fedora does not seem to use the metainfo.xml file, but maybe this is still
> > useful
> > in applications.  It is not mentioned in the font packaging guidelines.  It
> > does not
> > block the review to install it, but am curious how it is used.
> 
> The metainfo.xml contains AppStream data, consumed by GUI 'app stores' like
> GNOME Software and Discover to show the font previews.

Thanks. Will update font packaging guidelines.  Some of the information is the
same as in the font configuration file, so maybe tooling can be helpful in
reducing maintenance burden.

> 
> 
> > The font configuration file
> > https://gitlab.com/rit-fonts/MeeraNew/-/blob/main/meta/65-meera-new-fonts.
> > conf
> > is very good. Can something similar be used for rit-keraleeyam ? As the
> > number
> > 75 for keraleeyam is higher than 65 for meera, if both are installed meera
> > will be chosen as the default, but if only keraleeyam is installed it will be
> > used instead.  It is sufficient to apply a patch rather than make a new
> > release.
> 
> So, MeeraNew is the default sans-serif font, intended for general use.
> Keraleeyam, on the other hand is a display typeface (no regular style, only
> bold) intended for specific typesetting use cases. It shouldn't be used as a
> general fallback font.

Ok.


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