The font Lato does not support all characters #4658

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opened 2025-11-02 05:58:25 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 7 comments
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Originally created by @taai on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020).

  • Gitea version (or commit ref): 1.12.0+dev-80-g3f1e062d2

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For issue titles the font Lato is being used. The problem is that this font does not support non-latin characters like "āčēģīķļņšūž" (these are used in Latvian alphabet).

The fonts that are defined in CSS for h1:
Lato,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,system-ui,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
Github uses:
-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji
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Originally created by @taai on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020). - Gitea version (or commit ref): 1.12.0+dev-80-g3f1e062d2 ## Description For issue titles the font [*Lato*](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato) is being used. The problem is that this font does not support non-latin characters like "āčēģīķļņšūž" (these are used in Latvian alphabet). The fonts that are defined in CSS for h1: ```Lato,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,system-ui,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif``` Github uses: ```-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji``` ... ## Screenshots ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/90734/72504627-d758ab00-3846-11ea-9fa4-f76a4543b579.png)
GiteaMirror added the topic/ui label 2025-11-02 05:58:25 -06:00
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@lafriks commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

we could probably try to change to Roboto font as it has much larger character set support:
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@lafriks commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): we could probably try to change to `Roboto` font as it has much larger character set support: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/165205/72508582-9bc1df00-384e-11ea-8276-9076d9799493.png)
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@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

The latest lato on its website does support these glyphs.

Either we don't have the latest lato or we have a smaller subset.

@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): The latest lato on its website does support these glyphs. Either we don't have the latest lato or we have a smaller subset.
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@lunny commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

We have upgrade frmo v14 to v16 in a recent PR.

@lunny commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): We have upgrade frmo v14 to v16 in a recent PR.
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@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

I think we just have the Latin set rather than the Latin extended set.

@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): I think we just have the Latin set rather than the Latin extended set.
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@lafriks commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

As visible on screenshot above even latin extended for Lato does not support these characters

@lafriks commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): As visible on screenshot above even latin extended for Lato does not support these characters
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@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

That's lato 1 not 2

@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): That's lato 1 not 2
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@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020):

http://www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/

@zeripath commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2020): http://www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/
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