Looking up fallback/generic versions of fonts (e.g. Times New Roman)
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Description
At least on Linux looking up the font "Times New Roman" with select_family_by_name doesn't find the fallback font "Tinos".
On the other hand:
fc-match "Times New Roman"finds it- Firefox uses it
Fontconfig::finddoes too
Is that an intentional limitation? It seems like the method select_generic_font would be able to find it just fine, but isn't exposed.
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Research direction
Start in src/sources/fontconfig.rs at select_family_by_name and select_generic_font, as referenced in the issue. Compare their behavior with the reported fontconfig lookup for "Times New Roman"; done means the public lookup can resolve the fallback font consistently with the existing generic-font path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
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- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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