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Asked: 2014-05-16 09:53:22 +0800 CST

Why does Intel Graphics Installer depend on ttf-ancient-fonts?

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I just tried installing Intel(R) Graphics Installer 1.0.5 for Linux* from https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads and it installed ttf-ancient-fonts. Any ideas on why do they need it?

Related forum topic is https://01.org/linuxgraphics/node/331 but I don't want to register there yet.

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    We (the team who wrote the installer) use a few symbols like ⏳ (HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND) in the UI (in some activity messages the installer sends and so forth): installing ttf-ancient-fonts means there's guaranteed to be a font with enough unicode coverage that they show up.

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