Hi all I am new to this endeavour
I have a close friend that has 40 years of font design experience. I could ask him to produce a "Libreoffice" font. What do you think? Unluckily his English is pretty bad On Aug 17, 2012, at 1:02 AM, Stefan Knorr wrote: > Hello all, > >> Unfortunately, the Comic Sans font is very popular in >> primary/secondary schools (Canada). It would be nice if there were a >> comparable/compatible font included with LibreOffice for students who >> use Comic. Maybe TSCu_Comic? > > So, I don't have anything against a comic-y font. I just wanted to point > out that Comic Sans specifically is a rather amateurish affair. > As to TSCu_Comic: While it isn't as worn as Comic Sans, it doesn't look > like a high quality font either – additionally, the glyph set is > basically just Ascii. > > >> I got another question. Do we want more general-purpose fonts like e.g. >> Droid Sans, Open Sans ... or also some that are a bit special and only >> apropriate in certain use-cases? > > I think general purpose fonts are the way to go here. It's unlikely, > many users will need [1] – though Metallica fans might like it. > That said, Jayme e. g. proposed a Script font and I certainly think > that's a good idea. > Also, there's a bug concerned with adding the STIX maths fonts [2], > which aren't general purpose, but would still be nice to have. > > Keep in mind, depending on the number fonts we decide for, we might also > have to remove others (given that LibreOffice isn't exactly a > lightweight download as is). There's no firm number set just yet, > though. > > Astron. > > > [1] http://www.fonts.com/font/typodermic/pastor-of-muppets > [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38881 > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted Paolo Barattini RIDGEBACK s.a.s. website: http://www.sharika.eu/ skype: paolobarattini paolo.baratt...@sharika.eu tel. +39 (0)172-575087 cell. +39 328-1250084 Legal siege : via San Francesco da Paola 6 10123 Torino Italia P.IVA 0775947001 Iscrizione Registro Imprese Camera di Commercio di Torino n° 81274/1999 Certified mail: paolo.baratt...@pec.sharika.eu -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
