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Summary: Add VAG Rounded aliases to
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472835
Summary: Add VAG Rounded aliases to Product: Fedora Version: rawhide Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: medium Component: mgopen-fonts AssignedTo: paskalis@di.uoa.gr ReportedBy: nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net QAContact: extras-qa@fedoraproject.org CC: paskalis@di.uoa.gr, fedora-fonts-bugs-list@redhat.com Blocks: 446451 Classification: Fedora
Description of problem:
According to discussions on the Open Font Library List Modata is a derivative of the well-known VAG Rounded font Volkwagen AG put in the public domain when it had no longer use of it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAG_Rounded http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/openfontlibrary/2008-November/001559.h...
Therefore, the Fedora package shipping Modata should include aliasing rules that tell fontconfig to use Modata when it encounters a document or web page using VAG Rounded or one of its derivatives (it seems VAG rounded was good enough every proprietary foundry jumped on it when it was PDed and created their own version).
Common font names used by VAG derivatives are "VAG Rounded Std" "VAG Rundschrift" "VAG Rounded"
This can be done at the time the package is converted to new F11 packaging guidelines if FPC approves http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Fonts_packaging_automation