[Users] Font setting for Latin + 2 other scripts

[Dave Howorth]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:56:24 +0700
Stéphane Aubry <stephaneaubry at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your reply.
> What I have tried: 
> 1. A python script to merge some Noto Fonts:
> https://github.com/googlefonts/nototools/blob/main/nototools/merge_fonts.py
> It failed. I can’t remember exactly how it failed. If I remember
> correctly, there was no output nor log at all.
> 2. Merge 3 fonts manually using FontForge application. I can’t
> remember exactly which tutorial I followed. It works... somehow. Thai
> and French are OK. But in Japanese, I still get about 1 tofu character
> per line. (Some errors occurred during the font merging at 2 or 3
> distinct steps. I just skipped the error and continue. I have no
> skill about fonts.)
> Link to my current font file (.ttf file):
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkFQbSGmWeicTJuTEThi97iMzkrixQeK/view?usp=sharing
> Link to a screenshot of an incoming email in Japanese. It contains 3
> tofus (.png file):
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h4hm1N-b9TN-X2PsTj2q-FTJNz360O0Y/view?usp=sharing
> Link to a screenshot of the 3 lines below, using the above font (.png
> file). All characters are OK on this screenshot.
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zPzEVi9inBf4dvuMhatBqYsQCdn_zBe9/view?usp=sharing
> 
>  A line of French:
> Ç’était comment l’été dernier à la plage. Il aurait dû venir.
> A line of Japanese:
> ビジネスの現場で使用される内容で、少し専門的な内容も含まれます。依頼者の希望をくみ取って
> A line of Thai:
> ขออภัยในความล่าช้าของการจัดส่ง คำสั่งซื้อหมายเลข

I don't know a huge amount about fonts, and nothing at all about
configuring them in claws, but I can say that AFAICT all your text is
properly rendered here by claws with what I believe are its default
settings, whatever they are. In Configuration/Preferences/Display/Fonts
I see Sans and Monospace.

So I don't understand what the problem is.

> Basically, before digging into the issue in my font file, I would like
> to know if there is "an alternative way". (I imagine an ordered
> list of fonts as a setting, and during execution of Claws Mail, if the
> 1st font file does not contain the character to display, then Claws
> Mail open the 2nd font file in the list and checks if it contains the
> character to display, etc.)
> 
> Best Regards
> Stephane
>  ----
> 
> Le Sun, 11 Sep 2022 20:47:12 +0100,
> Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> a écrit :
> 
> > On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 21:53:24 +0700
> > Stéphane Aubry <stephaneaubry at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Hello,
> > > I am using Claws Mail 3.19.0 on Windows 11.
> > > I receive emails in French, English, Japanese and Thai.
> > > In Preferences / Display / Fonts, I couldn’t find a font that can
> > > display correctly all theses languages. Some fonts display Tofu
> > > for Japanese or Thai. Some other fonts does not render the French
> > > accents correctly.
> > > Do you have any advice?    
> > 
> > I suspect the likelihood of finding somebody with identical language
> > requirements here is somewhat low. So I'd suggest posting a message
> > with a line of text in each font so that people (of whom I'd be
> > one :) could see if they were correctly displayed and perhaps
> > experiment to see what works and what doesn't. One suggestion might
> > be Noto. But I have no idea what fonts you have already tried since
> > you give no specifics :( Another thing that might bring more
> > responses. 
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Stéphane    
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