“A big challenge in sharing digital information around the world is “tofu”—the blank boxes that appear when a computer or website isn’t able to display text: ⯐. Tofu can create confusion, a breakdown in communication, and a poor user experience. Five years ago we set out to address this problem via the Noto—aka “No more tofu”—font project. Today, Google’s open-source Noto font family provides a beautiful and consistent digital type for every symbol in the Unicode standard, covering more than 800 languages and 110,000 characters. The Noto project started as a necessity for Google’s Android and Chrome OS operating systems. When we began, we did not realize the enormity of the challenge. It required design and technical testing in hundreds of languages, and expertise from specialists in specific scripts. In Arabic, for example, each character has four glyphs (i.e., shapes a character can take) that change depending on the text that comes after it. In Indic languages, glyphs may be reordered or even split into two depending on the surrounding text.”
Related Content
Related Posts:
- Linux Kernel 6.6 Arrives With Numerous Refinements
- Linux 6.5 kernel arrives with exciting new features
- Linux Kernel 6.4 Released: Embracing Apple M2, New Hardware, and More Rust Code
- Debian 12 bookworm released
- CircuitPython 8.1.0 Released
- Arduino IDE 2.1 is now available!
- Linux Kernel 6.3 Released, This is What’s New
- Announcing Fedora Linux 38
- Canonical releases Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster
- KiCad Version 7.0.0 Released