Author: gmeijssen
Description:
Is the Junicode usable for WebFonts. Its claim to fame is for its use in medieval language studies.
Thanks,
Gerard
http://junicode.sourceforge.net/
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
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- bz35408
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add Runic and Gothic to use Junicode webfont | mediawiki/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector | master | +6 -1 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T76456 Language Engineering tracker of trackers (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | Nikerabbit | T55015 Font support in Universal Language Selector (tracking) | |||
| Declined | None | T37408 Add support for Runic |
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Changing the title to reflect the actual bug.
Gerard, can you confirm that you are specifically looking for Runic support? Or are you looking for a generic font in WebFonts extension that covers many scripts used for Medieval language studies?
We had added Charis SIL which covers most of the scripts in the font, but not Runic.
If it is just Runic, we need not deliver a 1.1 MB webfont for just 81 glyphs. If there is no Runic specific suitable font available, subsetting(not necessarily runtime subsetting) will be required.
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I suppose the point Gerard wanted to make was, that the already supported webfont "Junicode" (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/FAQ#What_fonts_are_included.3F) has support for runes. However, Junicode is currently only assigned to handle Old English ("ang" language code), but should also be used for the "Runr" script code.
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Change 395691 had a related patch set uploaded (by KartikMistry; owner: KartikMistry):
[mediawiki/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector@master] Add Runic and Gothic to use Junicode webfont
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Change 395691 abandoned by KartikMistry:
Add Runic and Gothic to use Junicode webfont
Reason:
As per Niklas's comment.