linebender / linebender/parley
On Android, no font is selected for Japanese kana.
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Description
Japanese kana are treated as a separate script in Parley and Fontique, and on Android these do not have any fallback selected for `sans` or `system-ui`.

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Research direction
Start by tracing how Parley and Fontique select fallback fonts for `sans` and `system-ui` on Android, with Japanese kana as the reproduction case. Done means Japanese kana receive an appropriate fallback font on Android instead of having no font selected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, rust
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100