Re: Suggest installing more fonts?

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:31:01 +0200
>>
>> In Emacs, the file INSTALL recommends to install
>> intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz. Might be sufficient, but without further
>> instruction I doubt every Emacs user will be able to follow.
>
> intlfonts are bitmapped (BDF) fonts, so I don't think nowadays they
> will be considered as a satisfactory solution.  They are GNU software,
> but otherwise I see no reason to advertise them today.
>
>> And/or better instructions in the INSTALL file.
>
> Yes, for those who still read those files.

Installation of intlfonts is described in efaq.texi. If we still want to
mention them in INSTALL, we better add a reference?

I've seen that you're not in favor to mention Google Noto fonts here. But
maybe there could be a hint in efaq.texi? On
<https://www.google.com/get/noto/help/install/>, there are also
instructions how to install them for Windows and macOS.

Best regards, Michael.