[Mediawiki-i18n] Italics for Macedonian wiki

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Amir is likely the right person for the job.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On 13 February 2016 at 14:11, Bojan Jankuloski <bojan.jankuloski at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> You will recall that we wanted to change the italics on mk.wiki to show
> proper Macedonian letters. We found a suitable free font and then, our
> community voted unanimously for the proposed change
> <https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0#.D0.9D.D0.BE.D0.B2.D0.B8_.D0.B7.D0.B0.D0.BA.D0.BE.D1.81.D0.B5.D0.BD.D0.B8_.D0.B1.D1.83.D0.BA.D0.B2.D0.B8>.
> The font is *Skola Serif Condensed Italic*, whose free status was
> confirmed by the author himself, Lasko Džurovski. The available here
> <http://www.mio.gov.mk/?q=node/2182> and in other places, and here is the
> proposed look
> <https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0:%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B8.jpg>,
> compared to the current one. I did notice that when I tried to use it in
> Microsoft Word, it did not show properly, but less legible and rather ugly.
> I hope that this will not happen on the wiki.
>
> Since none of us know about the process of getting the font installed, our
> community would like to ask you to do it for us, if possible.We are at your
> disposal for any questions and things that we can assist with on our
> behalf. As discussed before, we would like the font to apply only when
> italics are used, and across all wikis, if that isn't too complicated.
>
> Thank you a lot from myself and our community,
>
> Bojan Jankuloski
>
>
> On 30 January 2016 at 06:57, gfb hjjhjh <c933103 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is the issue Wikipedia-only or does it affecet every page/every software?
>> If its effect is beyond Wikipedia, then it'd probably be better to ask
>> producers for different OS to integrate a suitable font and ask different
>> browsers provider to pick the font if the webpage specify its content is in
>> Macedonian.
>> 2016/01/29 23:29 "Bojan Jankuloski" <bojan.jankuloski at gmail.com>:
>>
>> That will be great, if the system (on any wiki) knows to use that font
>>> whenever the alphabet is being used in its Italic form.
>>>
>>> Once we get hold of the most suitable font, I'll attach it here,
>>> together with any technical specifications the typographer may include (I
>>> also think he'll be able to answer any questions himself). Then we hope
>>> that you'll take matters in your expert hands, and/or guide us as to what
>>> we need to submit where.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>> Bojan
>>>
>>> On 29 January 2016 at 15:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bojan Jankuloski, 29/01/2016 15:47:
>>>>
>>>>> May I ask if it will be possible to display them everywhere when using
>>>>> Macedonian as interface language, or just on our wiki?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ULS fonts are applied on any MediaWiki wiki which uses ULS, but
>>>> settings may differ on the exact circumstances.
>>>>
>>>> Nemo
>>>>
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