Really? I like them. I really don't see what Futura, Luz, or other fonts have that these don't.
Is there a free font you particularly like that you would suggest? Daniel. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Benjamin Schuster-Boeckler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, I must admit that from my point of view, none of them really get > anywhere close to the previous quality. They just don't work, somehow. > > Ben > > On 21 Jul 2010, at 10:35, Daniel Carrera wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I have selected three fonts which are, open source, sans-serif, and >> look nice. I put them up on this page: >> >> http://pdl.perl.org/images/fonts.png >> >> The first column shows a modified font resulting from me moving the >> letters around, inspired by earlier experiments from Benjamin. >> >> There are more free sans fonts. A few were a bit too fancy, but most >> were just too similar to FreeSans to offer anything new (MgOpen >> Moderna, Liberation, DejaVu, Bitstream Vera). I chose FreeSans because >> it is the most compact and the > lines up perfectly with the letters. >> >> I discarded LuzSans due to uncertainty about the license, and Tuffy >> was beautiful but I had some issues I could not fix. >> >> Lastly, I did not try to emulate Futura. Futura is nice, but it is not >> the only nice font. I tried to select *simple* fonts that nonetheless >> look nice. >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel. >> -- >> Intolerant people should be shot. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Perldl mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > > -- > Benjamin Schuster-Böckler > Frundsbergstrasse 23a > 82064 Strasslach > Deutschland > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > -- Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
