Comments on: Open source fonts http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/ Red Hat Magazine Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:14:09 +0000 http://lyceum.ibiblio.org/?v=1.0.2 by: Nicu Buculei http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-41193 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:41:04 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-41193 And here is Mo's research about the available free fonts (which may get included in Fedora): http://mihmo.livejournal.com/45152.html And here is Mo’s research about the available free fonts (which may get included in Fedora): http://mihmo.livejournal.com/45152.html

]]> by: Ruth Suehle http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40402 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:48:27 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40402 Gavin--completely agreed. Call it a victim of editing. There had been an explanation to that effect, and as the post expanded, it got lost. I've amended that bit to note as such. Gavin–completely agreed. Call it a victim of editing. There had been an explanation to that effect, and as the post expanded, it got lost. I’ve amended that bit to note as such.

]]> by: Gavin Baker http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40154 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:55:30 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40154 Many of the fonts linked from the Smashing Magazine article are quite nice, but most aren't free as in libre. A few don't allow commercial use; a couple aren't even available gratis without requesting from the author. So it seemed quite incongruous to have a post about "open source fonts", then link to a bunch of fonts which are free-as-in-beer but that's it. Many of the fonts linked from the Smashing Magazine article are quite nice, but most aren’t free as in libre. A few don’t allow commercial use; a couple aren’t even available gratis without requesting from the author. So it seemed quite incongruous to have a post about “open source fonts”, then link to a bunch of fonts which are free-as-in-beer but that’s it.

]]> by: Adam http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40025 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:51:39 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40025 In the debians Bitstream has been superseded by the Deja Vu font family which has been receiving attention. There is also the non-free but gratis Microsoft core font set that I'm sure they very much wish they hadn't given away. There is a large collection of fun Larabie fonts too. A quick eye-ball on my Lenny systems, puts about 89 font families at my disposal, before I add on any others - nice link to Smashing Magazine btw. In the debians Bitstream has been superseded by the Deja Vu font family which has been receiving attention.

There is also the non-free but gratis Microsoft core font set that I’m sure they very much wish they hadn’t given away.

There is a large collection of fun Larabie fonts too.

A quick eye-ball on my Lenny systems, puts about 89 font families at my disposal, before I add on any others - nice link to Smashing Magazine btw.

]]> by: Mr. Yolls http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40000 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:29:54 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-40000 People in Far-East countries always complain about lack of support for ideograms in free fonts. A few seem complete like Bitstream Vera. This is kind of a big problem for them, because they usually need to use roman characters (e.g., in pinyin or romaji). Though we ocidental people can't use their ideograms, some standardization wouldn't hurt at all... It's a whole different story when we talk about accents (diacritics). In many languages (and specially in Europe) they's very important. Yet many fonts don't have them. Even quite common words, like "façade", get written as "facade" for such reason. Having to deal with many languages, one learns to appreciate how unusable are fonts lacking accented chars. Many free fonts are therefore impossible to use due to this very reason. It's somewhat unpleasant finding a beautiful font -- which the author certainly wants to be used since it was put under a free licence -- and discovering it couldn't be used for lack of accents. Most (I'd say 80-90%) fonts fall in this not-usable category. People in Far-East countries always complain about lack of support for ideograms in free fonts. A few seem complete like Bitstream Vera.

This is kind of a big problem for them, because they usually need to use roman characters (e.g., in pinyin or romaji). Though we ocidental people can’t use their ideograms, some standardization wouldn’t hurt at all…

It’s a whole different story when we talk about accents (diacritics). In many languages (and specially in Europe) they’s very important. Yet many fonts don’t have them.

Even quite common words, like “façade”, get written as “facade” for such reason. Having to deal with many languages, one learns to appreciate how unusable are fonts lacking accented chars.

Many free fonts are therefore impossible to use due to this very reason. It’s somewhat unpleasant finding a beautiful font — which the author certainly wants to be used since it was put under a free licence — and discovering it couldn’t be used for lack of accents. Most (I’d say 80-90%) fonts fall in this not-usable category.

]]> by: Laika http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-39985 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:46:16 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/12/13/open-source-fonts/#comment-39985 There seems to exist some kind of license controversy concerning the Liberation fonts. Developers of a popular GNU/Linux distro, Debian, seem to think that the additional restrictions in the license of Liberation fonts contradict with GPL version 2, thus making the fonts illegal to redistribute. Is Red Hat currently working to solve this controversy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts#License_controversy There seems to exist some kind of license controversy concerning the Liberation fonts. Developers of a popular GNU/Linux distro, Debian, seem to think that the additional restrictions in the license of Liberation fonts contradict with GPL version 2, thus making the fonts illegal to redistribute. Is Red Hat currently working to solve this controversy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts#License_controversy

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