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Re:Last Resort Font by Korimo on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:13AM (#24727603)
Couldn't it be installed on OS level, or at least in the webbrowser?

How are noto fonts distributed? I hope no website on this planet sends you a 12 MiB font file for some fallback purposes.

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Re:Last Resort Font by NightMKoder on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:19AM (#24727636)
I think the issue comes with new Unicode releases with older oses not getting updates. In the browser world I’m not sure how bad it is since browsers get auto updates frequently, but e.g. iPhone 5 users are never going to see the newest emojis.
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Re:Last Resort Font by livre on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:10AM (#24728744)
>How are noto fonts distributed?

On PC? Package managers, search for "noto-fonts" here[1], I installed them a year ago. If you want the full set it'll be a 200+ MiB download.

[1] https://voidlinux.org/packages/

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