GNU bug report logs - #41747
27.0.91; Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A"

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From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41747-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41747: 27.0.91; Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and
 Pictographs Extended-A"
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 17:22:36 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 15:43:40 +0200
>> 
>> Since we use Symbola for the latter, I figure it wouldn't hurt to also
>> use this font for the former?  AFAICT Symbola covers the whole block[3].
>
> Not the Symbola I have here.  Which version of Symbola do you have
> that supports that block, and is that version distributed under a free
> license?

As I referenced, the version available on <https://dn-works.com/ufas/>.

Unfortunately, I just realized that newer versions no longer come under
a free license[1][2][3][4].  That definitely took me by surprise.

*sigh* Closing then.  Sorry for the noise.


[1] https://dn-works.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/UFAS-Docs/License.pdf
[2] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/79679
[3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58886
[4] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel <at> lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/EC6I35ILFICKY5W5XTHYJC6UH36B2UQS/

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