[haiku-commits] Re: r33992 - haiku/trunk/data/system/data/fonts/ttfonts
- From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:32:29 -0500
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:35 PM, PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm fine with it, but wouldn't it be simpler to use redhat's "liberation"
> fonts ? (same metrics so they work as drop-in replacement).
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts
Ah yes, good point. I had heard of these before but had forgotten
about them when thinking about adding these Microsoft fonts. But from
what I can tell these don't include a Verdana lookalike, which I think
is a very nice looking font for reading on the screen. Though I like
Deja Vu Sans Book too. I think the Microsoft font pack adds a couple
other ones too, like Tahoma and Trebuchet.
In the end while we don't need 100s of fonts I definitely think Haiku
could benefit with more than the couple it has now. Reading the above
Wikipedia entry I see some other free fonts linked which might also be
useful. Even if they aren't added to Haiku itself I could see at least
creating an Optional Package.
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Regards,
Ryan
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