Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-14 Thread Leandro GuimarĂ£es Faria Corsetti Dutra
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:38:49 +, M.Kirchhoff wrote: Sarge includes Gnome 2.4 and KDE 3.x, fonts *will* look good out-of-the-box, thanks in part to the high-quality bitstream-vera set of fonts. Aren't them proprietary? -- Leandro Guimares Faria Corsetti Dutra +55 (11)

Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-14 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 03:49:11PM -0200, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra said On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:38:49 +, M.Kirchhoff wrote: Sarge includes Gnome 2.4 and KDE 3.x, fonts *will* look good out-of-the-box, thanks in part to the high-quality bitstream-vera set of fonts.

Fonts, one more time

2004-02-12 Thread halbtaxabo-debian
There have been a number of postings about fonts over the last few months. But the discussion seems to me to miss the point. If you install Windows, you don't have to know anything about fonts, really. Text just looks good in all applications. You become aware that different fonts exist by

Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-12 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:50:24AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does it take to fix this problem? One month of solid work (that's what it took me to get all my hardware and eye candy working). Debian's stable philsophy means Stable predates many useful and pretty things. I expect the

Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-12 Thread Adam Aube
On Thursday 12 February 2004 05:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you install Windows, you don't have to know anything about fonts, really. Text just looks good in all applications. You become aware that different fonts exist by choosing different fonts in apps like Office. They all look

Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-12 Thread M . Kirchhoff
halbtaxabo-debian at yahoo.com writes: What does it take to fix this problem? Help test the new Sarge installer or work on other packages to expedite its release :) Since Sarge includes Gnome 2.4 and KDE 3.x, fonts *will* look good out-of-the-box, thanks in part to the high-quality

Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-12 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There have been a number of postings about fonts over the last few months. But the discussion seems to me to miss the point. Since this is kind of a meta-rant, a meta-answer seems to be appropriate... If you install Windows, you don't have to know anything about

Re: Fonts, one more time

2004-02-12 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:50:24AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: typical pointless rant deleted What does it take to fix this problem? You to get off your duff and do it. No offense. *You* think there's a problem. *You* apparently think there's a solution for it. Why do you think the