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What advantage does this solution have over having a custom font configuration on Linux with fallback support for a font with unique unicode glyph support? In m
by ralonso 11y ago
What advantage does this solution have over having a custom font configuration on Linux with fallback support for a font with unique unicode glyph support? In my case, I have Google's Noto font as my main font and have Font Awesome and Emoji One as my fallback fonts and it seems to cover everything.
What exactly do these patched fonts do or add?
- RubyPinch 11y agothey work in more places e.g. other operating systems
- ralonso 11y agoI'm genuinely curious, do you have any idea how other OSs handle fonts? Does OSX have something similar to Linux's X11's font configuration? What about Windows?
- RubyPinch 11y agoif I'm not mistaken, windows can handle fallback fonts, but it requires a fair bit of manual working to do https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374105(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd3... so in most cases, it is unsupported, and in situations where it is supported, it is usually not exposed as an option
- SilverSurfer972 11y agoI totally agree that fallback is the way to go. Unfortunately I couldn't get powerline glyphs to work on my archlinux box, lost patience and just grabbed the droid patched fonts. I would say that it adds portability, consistency and makes it easier to have glyphs working straight.