[Bug 18928] New: RFE: add a gfx preview to font packages

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18928

           Summary: RFE: add a gfx preview to font packages
           Product: PackageKit
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: General
        AssignedTo: richard at hughsie.com
        ReportedBy: nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
                CC: fedora-fonts-bugs-list at redhat.com


The best way for a user to select a font is to show it to him.

For this reason font sites commonly provide bitmap preview images or so-called
specimen files (typically in PDF form) that showcase the font capabilities.
http://gonzo.uni-weimar.de/~gerner/fonts/YanoneKaffeesatz.pdf
http://www.ascendercorp.com/pdf/Droid_fonts.pdf

Packagekit should do the same.

The image should be a pangram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pangrams

in the main unicode blocks the font supports

The specimen may include unicode coverage info, glyph table, etc

For more info ask on fedora-fonts-list at redhat.com


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