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Fix Japanese/etc fonts not rendering on linux#5992

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Fix Japanese/etc fonts not rendering on linux

Ask FontConfig for a handful of best matches for major scripts so that valid CJK/Indic fonts are loaded on linux.

As a small caveat this can result in more than max_font_count_cutoff fonts being loaded: up to 58.

Closes #5991

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Fix Japanese/etc fonts not rendering on linux
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Ask FontConfig for a handful of best matches for major scripts so that
valid CJK/Indic fonts are loaded on linux.

Closes secondlife#5991
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Comment thread indra/llwindow/llwindowsdl.cpp

// Ask FontConfig directly for common living scripts first, so they aren't
// crowded out of max_font_count_cutoff by other fonts.
static const char* const important_langs[] = {

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This list is non-exhaustive and best effort. A handful of other languages are candidates for inclusion: he, ar, bn, etc.

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Supplanted by #5993

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