[Bug 13600] Default Wine font setup doesn't always work in japanese locale

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13600


Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|allow using glyphs from     |Default Wine font setup
                   |mlutiple fonts in font      |doesn't always work in
                   |substitution                |japanese locale




--- Comment #28 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com>  2008-06-09 00:21:12 ---
(In reply to comment #27)
> > That's not different from Windows when required font is missing in
> > the underlying system.
> Yes, but Wine is not about replicating all deficiencies of Windows. It could do
> better sometimes ;-)

Predefined API behaviour and philosophical speculations are mutually exclusive
things.

> I do have the MS Japanese fonts substituted.

Please show that here.

> However, this feature is largely unknown. When searching for it on the web I
> found a FAQ entry on the Wine wiki claiming Wine does not support it, and an
> old NEWS file pointing to a changelog that says the feature is implemented.

MSDN and Wine source are the docs. We also accept patches to improve Wine
documentation, you are welcome to update the Wine wiki as well.

> Also this feature does not work for real world applications. This is because
> not enough fonts are linked. My application works on Windows, works if fonts
> are linked manually but does not work with Wine automatic font linking. This is
> the simplest application possible so it is probably how applications would be
> (and seem to be) written.

Patches with appropriate test cases are welcome.

> Also font linking is undocumented and relies on existence of some random fonts
> so even if the feature worked correctly it is unlikely that it would be useful
> for actual users. On the other hand, I do not wonder the feature is listed as
> unimplemented in the FAQ. It simply does not work.

It does work. For documentation see above.

I'll update the summary to better reflect the problems you are talking about.


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