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authorRussell Brenner <russellbrenner@google.com>2012-03-14 16:15:42 -0700
committerAndroid (Google) Code Review <android-gerrit@google.com>2012-03-14 16:15:42 -0700
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Merge "Add notes about switching languages"
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diff --git a/data/fonts/fallback_fonts.xml b/data/fonts/fallback_fonts.xml
index 51b07e4..63b3a58 100644
--- a/data/fonts/fallback_fonts.xml
+++ b/data/fonts/fallback_fonts.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
fallback fonts. That file can also specify the order in which the fallback fonts should be
searched, to ensure that a vendor-provided font will be used before another fallback font
which happens to handle the same glyph.
+
+ Han languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) share a common range of unicode characters;
+ their ordering in the fallback or vendor files gives priority to the first in the list.
+ Locale-specific ordering can be configured by adding language and region codes to the end
+ of the filename (e.g. /system/etc/fallback_fonts-ja.xml). When no region code is used,
+ as with this example, all regions are matched. Use separate files for each supported locale.
+ The standard fallback file (fallback_fonts.xml) is used when a locale does not have its own
+ file. All fallback files must contain the same complete set of fonts; only their ordering
+ can differ.
-->
<familyset>
<family>
diff --git a/data/fonts/vendor_fonts.xml b/data/fonts/vendor_fonts.xml
index fe51fd2..c1116d0 100644
--- a/data/fonts/vendor_fonts.xml
+++ b/data/fonts/vendor_fonts.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
place in the overall fallback fonts. The order of this list determines which fallback font
will be used to support any glyphs that are not handled by the default system fonts.
+ Han languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) share a common range of unicode characters;
+ their ordering in the fallback or vendor files gives priority to the first in the list.
+ Locale-specific ordering can be configured by adding language and region codes to the end
+ of the filename (e.g. /system/etc/fallback_fonts-ja.xml). When no region code is used,
+ as with this example, all regions are matched. Use separate files for each supported locale.
+ The standard fallback file (fallback_fonts.xml) is used when a locale does not have its own
+ file. All fallback files must contain the same complete set of fonts; only their ordering
+ can differ.
+
The sample configuration below is an example of how one might provide two families of fonts
that get inserted at the first and second (0 and 1) position in the overall fallback fonts.