The point with the change is to make fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG. net/~ubuntu- desktop/ ubuntu/ +source/ language- selector/ commit/ ?id=36d055d1 net/~gunnarhj/ +archive/ ubuntu/ language- selector I have played with the language-selector package and made a test version available here: Instead we can use fontconfig to achive the desired result.

I see that LKLUG is pulled by default by several meta packages, and I'd prefer to avoid stopping them from doing that. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.įurthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process Please review details, screenshots and posts. com/hankyoTutor ials/linux- system- sinhala- font-changer com/IMS94/ UbuntuSinhalaFo nt (developer: PMC chair https:/ /gist.github. https:/ /com/r/srilanka/ comments/ nzpl9p/ change_ sinhala_ font_in_ ubuntu/Īlso, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OSġ. If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a commentġ. Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto) If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https:/ /fonts. We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g.

we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. Please note Robie Basak's warning about the changed font metrics in comment #7, though.Ĭurrently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). But that surprise ought to make them happy.

Some Sinhala speaking users with fonts-noto-core installed will indeed see a surprise change when it starts to render Sinhala via Noto fonts instead of LKLUG. (Also I (Gunnar), who don't speak Sinhala, * Confirm that Noto Sans Sinhala is listed before LKLUG. * Open a terminal window and run this command: * Open Language Support and install the Sinhala language.

* Install language- selector- from -proposed. Instead of changing that, the proposed change makes fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG, and that - together with installation of fonts-noto-core - seems to be sufficient to achieve the desired result. Noto offers Sinhala fonts with significantly higher quality.įonts-lklug-sinhala is pulled by quite a few meta packages. The current default font for Sinhala (LKLUG) is unmaintained and comes with issues.

Sinhala script fonts