Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-11 Thread vernon adams
The onus is on open, not free. That seems to be in line with the oflb. It's secondary that the software is free (as in ££$$). On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 14:20 -0500, Barry Schwartz wrote: > > It's not at all clear that the site has anything to do with free > software. The name of the site adds to the

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Schwartz
Dave Crossland skribis: > So the text by the icons at the top saying "Get: Download Fonts, > Share: Upload Your Fonts, Remix: Improve & Extend" isn't clear > enough... okay. It's not at all clear that the site has anything to do with free software. The name of the site adds to the confusion betwe

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Typographers' (

2010-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, Ahh, cool. Also whatever autohotkey style tool is hot at the moment will allow you to define your own auto-replacement strings. Regards, Dave On 11 Jun 2010, 5:28 PM, "Christopher Adams" wrote: Eric, The relevant commands are: U2013 – "--." EN DASH U2014 — "---" EM DASH U2018 ‘ "<'" "'

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Typographers' (

2010-06-11 Thread Christopher Adams
Eric, The relevant commands are: U2013 – "--." EN DASH U2014 — "---" EM DASH U2018 ‘ "<'" "'<" LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK U2019 ’ ">'" "'>" RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK U201c “ "<"" ""<" LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK U201d ” ">"" "">" RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK Not sure about ellipsis… —Christoph

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Typographers' (

2010-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, Applications, Accessories, Character Map. Google for alt-gr keys, eg for me typing AltGr + ; then e produces ê and AltGr + ' then e makes ê, and so on. Regards, Dave On 11 Jun 2010, 5:15 PM, wrote: Dear oflb, a bit off-topic. As I'm starting to use more and more Ubuntu, I wonder: how to

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Typographers' (

2010-06-11 Thread Christopher Adams
Hi Eric, The ComposeKey: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey —Christopher - - *christopher adams* *℡* +886-953-036-630 TECHNE-RAYSEND.COM On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:42 PM, wrote: > Dear oflb, > > a bit off-topic. > > As I'm starting to use more and more U

[OpenFontLibrary] Typographers' (

2010-06-11 Thread eric
Dear oflb, a bit off-topic. As I'm starting to use more and more Ubuntu, I wonder: how to easily make typographers quotes, ellipses and en and em dashes. Can anyone recommend me a script or shortcut? On the Mac there are handy keystrokes: http://www.papress.com/other/thinkingwithtype/resources/i