Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-07 Thread Sean DALY
Perhaps here: http://openfontlibrary.org unfortunately, no preview... On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, I'd say VAG Rounded Light and Arial Rounded MT Bold > > Are there compar

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-06 Thread Nirav Patel
MgOpenModata appears similar, and is licensed like Bitstream Vera: http://www.ellak.gr/fonts/mgopen/index.en.html Nirav On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, I'd say VAG Rounded Lig

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-06 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I'd say VAG Rounded Light and Arial Rounded MT Bold Are there comparable Free fonts? > Some differences between these similar faces: > > * lowercase "a" is looped in VAG Rounded, open in Arial Rounded > * lowercase "t" ha

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-06 Thread Sean DALY
Yes, I'd say VAG Rounded Light and Arial Rounded MT Bold Some differences between these similar faces: * lowercase "a" is looped in VAG Rounded, open in Arial Rounded * lowercase "t" has bottom curl in VAG Rounded * "C" and "c" are more tightly curled in Arial Rounded * lowercase "r" has a more h

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-06 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Am 06.10.2008 um 06:28 schrieb Nirav Patel: > Ah, thanks. > > Does anyone know the name of the font used in OLPC marketing > materials, such as the text on amazon.com/xo ? I'm pretty certain it's these: laptop.org: VAG Rundschrift (a.k.a. VAG Rounded) amazon.com: Arial Rounded (similar but no

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-10-04 Thread Edward Cherlin
Update: Some of the computer press has picked up the story. But we could be all over the Mainstream Media, including having Nicholas, Walter, Alan and others on all the talk shows. If they are willing. Are any of you? This is the one time of year when ordering something you can't get is a positive

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-09-29 Thread Walter Bender
FWIW, I saw a billboard in the Indianapolis airport this weekend advertising last year's G1G1 program!! -walter ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-09-29 Thread Jim Gettys
See www.laptop.org - Jim On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 16:50 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: > This is the first time I have heard that G1G1 will start up again on > Nov 17. As far as I can tell, nobody in the outside world has picked > up on this yet. > > Is this a leak? Is it true? Has

Re: [IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-09-29 Thread Christoph Derndorfer
Edward, there's this litte Web site called olpcnews.com and they (no, wait, that was me;-) wrote something (http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/g1g1/g1g1_v2_price_launchdate_unveiled.html) about this back on September 8 after laptopmag's Joanna Stern originally posted the information that day

[IAEP] G1G1 (was Re: [Community-news] OLPC News (2008-09-29))

2008-09-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
This is the first time I have heard that G1G1 will start up again on Nov 17. As far as I can tell, nobody in the outside world has picked up on this yet. Is this a leak? Is it true? Has there been any outside announcement? Since it doesn't show up in Internet news searches, I am certain that there