Include Google's Noto Serif CJK as default font ?

[hugolpz]

Google’s new font Noto Serif CJK honors ancient type traditions
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/googles-new-font-honors-ancient-type-traditions/
(Published on: 04.03.17)

• Read this https://www.google.com/get/noto/help/cjk/
• Download font https://www.google.com/get/noto/#sans-hans / https://www.google.com/get/noto/#serif-hans
• Test workability
• Include or not ?

Sans-serif

• NotoSansCJKjp-[weight].otf and NotoSansMonoCJKjp-{Regular, Bold}.otf
• NotoSansCJKkr-[weight].otf and NotoSansMonoCJKkr-{Regular, Bold}.otf
• NotoSansCJKsc-[weight].otf and NotoSansMonoCJKsc-{Regular, Bold}.otf
• NotoSansCJKtc-[weight].otf and NotoSansMonoCJKtc-[weight].otf
  36 OTF font files in total: 4 languages × 9 font files per language

Serif

• NotoSerifCJKjp-[weight].otf
• NotoSerifCJKkr-[weight].otf
• NotoSerifCJKsc-[weight].otf
• NotoSerifCJKtc-[weight].otf
  28 font files in total: 4 languages × 7 font files per language

[edouard-lopez]

There is blocking issue with Noto-CJK/Opentype.js. For more informations, see:

• Scrambled rendering with NotoSansTC-Regular.otf opentypejs/opentype.js#273,
• Noto Sans CJK support opentypejs/opentype.js#243,
• Scrambled renderind with NotoSansTC-Regular.otf notofonts/noto-cjk#81

[hugolpz]

Seems only the Serif version was added in early April.
The SansSerif is 2 years old.

[edouard-lopez]

We can move forward with this as Noto issue has been resolved, see opentypejs/opentype.js#273 opentypejs/opentype.js#243