On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:29:20AM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le 13/07/2010 21:44, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
>
> > I too don't like releasing half done fonts, though I usually have a
> > public repo with SFD files for brave souls, but I'm not canonical and
> > people are unlikely to build and di
Le 13/07/2010 21:44, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
> I too don't like releasing half done fonts, though I usually have a
> public repo with SFD files for brave souls, but I'm not canonical and
> people are unlikely to build and distribute my broken fonts.
If releasing means a pretty web site with font p
> Whoever insists that Ubuntu is failing some sort of ethos regarding
> fonts should grow up.
Agreed. I think it's assumed that open source = open development. It's
more common, and probably makes more sense to do both, but there's no
reason why they can't/shouldn't just release it when it's finish
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 05:24:48PM -0400, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 12 July 2010 15:52, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > On 12 July 2010 15:49, vernon adams wrote:
> >> Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
> >> membership ;)
> >
> > http://www.google.ca/search?q=ubuntubeta+d
On 12 July 2010 15:52, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 12 July 2010 15:49, vernon adams wrote:
>> Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
>> membership ;)
>
> http://www.google.ca/search?q=ubuntubeta+download ahem :)
$ php OFLB/public/openfontlibrary/selapa/fontinfo_cmd.php U
vernon adams skribis:
> There's a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
> ethos by not releasing the font until it's 'finished'.
That's just a problem in reading or speech comprehension.
> Interestingly there's an argument that fonts can't practically be
> released whilst in
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 03:45:52PM -0500, Nathan Willis wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
>
> If the font name users see in their font menu is "FontName
> Beta-20100713" how can they set and forget?
>
>
> I don't think they can; I was only saying that th
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
> If the font name users see in their font menu is "FontName
> Beta-20100713" how can they set and forget?
>
I don't think they can; I was only saying that those three things (Apt repo,
font name, .sfd-only) are orthogonal. Or complementa
On 13 July 2010 16:17, Nathan Willis wrote:
> keep 99% of the users-who-don't-know-what-their-in-for from accidentally
> setting-and-forgetting the prerelease version.
If the font name users see in their font menu is "FontName
Beta-20100713" how can they set and forget?
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 03:47:30PM -0400, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > On 13 July 2010 15:34, Alexandre Prokoudine
> > wrote:
> > > On 7/13/10, vernon adams wrote:
> > >> Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
> > >
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 03:47:30PM -0400, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 13 July 2010 15:34, Alexandre Prokoudine
> wrote:
> > On 7/13/10, vernon adams wrote:
> >> Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
> >> ethos by not releasing the font untill it's 'finished'.
> >>
> >>
On 13 July 2010 15:34, Alexandre Prokoudine
wrote:
> On 7/13/10, vernon adams wrote:
>> Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
>> ethos by not releasing the font untill it's 'finished'.
>>
>> Interestingly there's an argument that fonts can't practically be
>> released
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:34:09PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On 7/13/10, vernon adams wrote:
> > Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
> > ethos by not releasing the font untill it's 'finished'.
>
> Whoever insists that Ubuntu is failing some sort of ethos
On 7/13/10, vernon adams wrote:
> Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
> ethos by not releasing the font untill it's 'finished'.
Whoever insists that Ubuntu is failing some sort of ethos regarding
fonts should grow up.
Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.
Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
ethos by not releasing the font untill it's 'finished'.
Interestingly there's an argument that fonts can't practically be
released whilst in development (unlike other software) because it would
be difficult for the author & users
On 12 July 2010 16:58, vernon adams wrote:
> Is that from the actual ubuntu font shipped with the beta?
Since I am not an Ubuntu member, and don't have a copy of the DSC and
DEB files to authenticate it, I don't know.
On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 16:32 -0400, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 12 July 2010 15:52, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > On 12 July 2010 15:49, vernon adams wrote:
> >> Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
> >> membership ;)
> >
> > http://www.google.ca/search?q=ubuntubeta+download
On 12 July 2010 15:52, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 12 July 2010 15:49, vernon adams wrote:
>> Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
>> membership ;)
>
> http://www.google.ca/search?q=ubuntubeta+download ahem :)
Interesting metadata string:
"FontForge 2.0 : Ubuntu-Beta
On 12 July 2010 15:49, vernon adams wrote:
> Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
> membership ;)
http://www.google.ca/search?q=ubuntubeta+download ahem :)
On 12 July 2010 15:49, vernon adams wrote:
> Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
> membership ;)
Not AFAIK.
Is there a place to grab the fonts without signing up for Ubuntu
membership ;)
On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 15:38 -0400, Dave Crossland wrote:
> http://fonttest.design.canonical.com/ is mentioned in
> http://design.canonical.com/2010/07/the-ubuntu-font/ - nice :)
http://fonttest.design.canonical.com/ is mentioned in
http://design.canonical.com/2010/07/the-ubuntu-font/ - nice :)
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