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Selecting Noto Sans CJK KR as Standard/Sans-Serif Font Does Not Take Effect #192

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. In Chrome, 'Settings', Show Advance Settings
2. Customize Fonts
3. Set Noto Sans CJK kr as Standard Font & Sans-serif Font

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Since Noto Sans can show all Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, no umbrella 
font (e.g., 'Gulim') should be used when viewing typical web pages containing 
CJK letters.
But when I choose Noto as default (and Sans-serif) font in Chrome, every Korean 
letter is in Gulim, which is ugly since it does not support ClearType.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Please provide any additional information below.

I guess .OTF files are filtered by some applications. When using font dialog in 
several applications, the enumeration skips Noto Sans in some apps and not in 
others. For example in MS Word Noto works perfectly, in IE11 not even on the 
list, in Chrome on the list but not working.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cnm...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2014 at 12:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Here is the screenshot of IE11 font enumeration not showing Noto Sans.

Original comment by cnm...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2014 at 1:02

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Chrome...You had one job...

Original comment by cnm...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2014 at 1:09

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Turning off DirectWrite by typing chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write in the 
address bar solved all the problems. DirectWrite feature seems to be the one 
that causing problems.

Original comment by cnm...@gmail.com on 10 Nov 2014 at 1:25

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Turning off DirectWrite makes me see Google Noto Sans CJK fonts in browser, but 
they are way more ugly than them in Firefox...I cannot describe it but native 
CJK users will definitely see it at a glance

Original comment by chenzhec...@gmail.com on 29 Jan 2015 at 2:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by stua...@google.com on 4 Feb 2015 at 2:16

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Ken, have you had a chance to talk to MS about IE not listing Noto Sans CJK in 
its font menu? 

This bug is about Chrome with DirectWrite not picking Noto Sans CJK, but I 
guess that this Chrome issue is related to the IE issue above via DirectWrite. 

I'll also do more testing.

Original comment by jungs...@google.com on 11 Feb 2015 at 7:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Adobe's testing suggests that there is an issue with Chrome about selecting 
non-default fonts. About IE, it seems that only TrueType fonts can be 
specified, which probably makes sense to Microsoft given that they bundle only 
TrueType fonts with their OS. In other words, the issue is not with the fonts, 
but with browsers' inability to use or select them.

Original comment by ken.lu...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2015 at 9:50