Bug 46038 – [GTK] Clean up the DRT fonts.conf and switch to Liberation

• Component: WebKitGTK
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Martin Robinson]

For the reasons outlined here (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46031), we should switch to a simpler DRT setup. Using Liberation for the time being is fairly low-risk, as it is advertised to be metric-compatible with Microsoft fonts. We can easily switch to those in the future. It's also quite simple to install these fonts on Fedora and Debians.

This patch removes the need to set WEBKIT_TESTFONTS, but does look for the fonts to be installed in certain locations. This patch will require many rebaselines, which are best done right before landing.

[Martin Robinson]

(In reply to comment #0)
> For the reasons outlined here (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46031), 

This link should be: https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-gtk/2010-September/000326.html

[Martin Robinson]

Created attachment 68011 [details]
Patch for this issue

[Gustavo Noronha (kov)]

Comment on attachment 68011 [details]
Patch for this issue

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=68011&action=review

Makes sense to me, will be good to not have to set this variable anymore =). Keep on fighting the good fight!

> WebKitTools/DumpRenderTree/gtk/fonts/fonts.conf:5
> +    <!-- The sans-serif font should be Liberation Serif -->

The serif font, I believe?

[Martin Robinson]

Committed r68403: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68403>

[WebKit Review Bot]

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68403 might have broken GTK Linux 64-bit Debug
The following changes are on the blame list:
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68403
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68404
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68405
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68406