Bug 503722

Summary: Update Inter version
Product: [Websites] www.kde.org Reporter: Emir SARI <emir_sari>
Component: generalAssignee: kde-www mailing-list <kde-www>
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Description Emir SARI 2025-05-03 18:48:18 UTC
The version Inter that we are using seems to be a bit outdated. It would be nice to update to the latest version (4.1) which includes a lot of improvements over the current one.

I am also positive that this would also solve the missing glyphs for several languages that reside in the Latin Extended blocks.
Comment 1 Ben Cooksley 2025-05-03 20:32:31 UTC
Sorry which site are you referring to here?
Comment 2 Emir SARI 2025-05-03 20:33:38 UTC
Sorry, for the lack of detail — basically all KDE sites that use the Hugo extensions.
Comment 3 Ben Cooksley 2025-05-03 20:44:50 UTC
I've just done a quick grep of a couple of our Hugo repositories and doesn't look like this is something we ourselves are defining.
This issue might be one that has to be dealt with by Hugo upstream?
Comment 4 Emir SARI 2025-05-03 20:55:22 UTC
I am not sure I understand, but my knowledge is mediocre at best. I will try to explain myself.

It looks like we are defining the Inter font use here[1]. With the switch to Inter, I have noticed that letters such as ş, ğ, č are not displayed with the Inter typeface. First I thought it was due to improper Unicode ranges set in the file, but even after first trying to fix and then removing it altogether, the issue persists.

When I analyse[2] the WOFF file in the repository, I see that the Inter version we use indeed does not contain these characters, it is actually contains a very very very limited character set.

So, it would be nice if we could update it somehow to the latest version, and take advantage of all the glyphs that the typeface offers.

[1] https://invent.kde.org/websites/hugo-kde/-/blob/97a4ab223f954b3e85f9fc51a335aa669bbbbaf8/assets/scss/includes/_variables.scss
[2] https://fontdrop.info/
Comment 5 Ben Cooksley 2025-05-03 21:00:05 UTC
In that case you could submit an MR with the new version that updates the Inter.woff2 file at https://invent.kde.org/websites/hugo-kde/-/tree/master/static/fonts?ref_type=heads?
Comment 6 Emir SARI 2025-05-03 21:04:51 UTC
I thought of that, but there are a lot of styles and weights available, and I am not sure just uploading one version is just enough. I need to research how it’s used in KDE styling and adapt if necessary. Maybe someone more knowledgeable would chime in. :)
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