On 27/10/13 03:43, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) wrote: > I came across Gerrit change 79948[1] today, which makes "VectorBeta" > use a pile of non-free fonts (with one free font thrown in at the end > as a sop). Is this really the direction we want to go, considering > that in many other areas we prefer to use free software whenever we > can?
Yes, we should prefer to use free software. We should also strive to ensure that our support for users on non-free platforms is optimal, as long as that doesn't negatively impact on users of free platforms. So I don't think it is a problem to specify non-free fonts in font lists. The font-family lists in question seem to be: @content-font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "Nimbus Sans L", "Arial", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; @content-heading-font-family: Georgia, "DejaVu Serif", serif; Now, it seems to me that very few users will have both free and non-free fonts installed. So the order is mostly irrelevant. It could instead be: @content-font-family: "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif; @content-heading-font-family: "DejaVu Serif", Georgia, serif; And probably nobody would ever notice the difference. That seems like a better choice to me, since it would make the FOSS advocates feel more warm and fuzzy. There is the separate issue that on my Linux laptop, Nimbus Sans L looks worse than the font my browser will choose for sans-serif. That is because I have customised Firefox to use the Ubuntu font for sans-serif, which is very readable. I find all the Arial clones to be too narrow for comfortable reading. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
