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Subject: Re: Suggest installing more fonts?
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> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:31:01 +0200
> 
> In Emacs, the file INSTALL recommends to install
> intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz. Might be sufficient, but without further
> instruction I doubt every Emacs user will be able to follow.

intlfonts are bitmapped (BDF) fonts, so I don't think nowadays they
will be considered as a satisfactory solution.  They are GNU software,
but otherwise I see no reason to advertise them today.

> And/or better instructions in the INSTALL file.

Yes, for those who still read those files.