Re: [OpenFontLibrary] AdBard?

2009/6/3 Christopher Fynn : > > but on the marketing idea, I'd prefer to see that low-key and *not* try and > compete against the "100's of free fonts sites". I think we can take several approaches. > Is OFL aiming to be a libre alternative to those sites or a libre > alternative to Monotype, Lin

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] AdBard?

>> Is OFL aiming to be a libre alternative to those sites or a libre >> alternative to Monotype, Linotype, Adobe etc? IMHO the main objective of OFLB is to teach designers to license clearly their work and teach users to actually check those licenses. dafont, myfont, etc would be fine if they ac

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] http://testvm.openfontlibrary.org/

> Any news on importing the current OFLB code into svn? > Thanks for the hard work already done on all this. Could someone please put the current work in a repository somewhere so others can help out? -- Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer Debian/Ubuntu font team / OpenFontLibrary http://planet.

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] http://testvm.openfontlibrary.org/

> Any news on importing the current OFLB code into svn? > Thanks for the hard work already done on all this. Could someone please put the current work in a repository somewhere so others can help out? Thanks! -- Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer Debian/Ubuntu font teams / OpenFontLibrary http:/

[OpenFontLibrary] gwdrawfonttool

FYI: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gwdrawfonttool/ "Written in Python, using GTK+ and Cairo, this project is comprised of a canvas capable of drawing East-Asian character glyphs registered at the GlyphWiki project (http://glyphwiki.org), and so-called drawfonts which draw them in a specific st

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] http://testvm.openfontlibrary.org/

Nicolas Spalinger wrote: >> Any news on importing the current OFLB code into svn? >> Thanks for the hard work already done on all this. > > Could someone please put the current work in a repository somewhere so > others can help out? > > Thanks! Sorry about the duplicated message :( Anyway if y

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi, > > You can download a chat between Ed Trager, Ben Weiner and I about the > development of the site we had tonight - its 31Mb at > http://www.openfontlibrary.org/2009-05-31_OFLB_devtalk.mp3 Great to know some more about the ongoing work and the components coming togeth

[OpenFontLibrary] wiki spam

Seems our wiki is hit by spammers. Anybody here on the list would like to help clean it up? Thanks, -- Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer Debian/Ubuntu font teams / OpenFontLibrary http://planet.open-fonts.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] http://testvm.openfontlibrary.org/

> After seeing Nicolas' cool OFL T shirt, I want to be able to sell T > shirts at the launch to raise money with our nice new logo :-) Yeah, the 2 t-shirts I had crudely made the day before flying to Montréal were just iron transfers of these 2 images: http://oflb.open-fonts.org/front-human-read

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] commercial foundries the licensing boils down to "pay me"

>For commercial foundries the licensing boils down to "pay me" and thus >licensing compliance is de facto checked at the credit card stage. >They're not a good model for fonts with non-monetary licensing >clauses. Actually, it's often worse than just "pay me". Even once you've paid, would th

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

Hi, Nicolas Spalinger wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: You can download a chat between Ed Trager, Ben Weiner and I about the development of the site we had tonight - its 31Mb at http://www.openfontlibrary.org/2009-05-31_OFLB_devtalk.mp3 Great to know some more about the ongoing work and th

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

Hi, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: Ok, listening. It still slightly worries me that all the new code being written is duplicating lots of code that is already out there... OK, well, please give us some more hints about which functionality we shouldn't be duplicating... ;-) Also, Ed talks about fontcon

[OpenFontLibrary] Objectives of OFLB

>IMHO the main objective of OFLB is to teach designers to license >clearly their work and teach users to actually check those licenses. Alright. The problem with this is: OFLB is becoming biased towards one license category, (copyleft / SIL OFL) The new OFLB desparately needs these sections

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

On 06/03/2009 02:02 PM, Ben Weiner wrote: Hi, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: Ok, listening. It still slightly worries me that all the new code being written is duplicating lots of code that is already out there... > OK, well, please give us some more hints about which functionality we shouldn't be du

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] commercial foundries the licensing boils down to "pay me"

Le mercredi 03 juin 2009 à 13:43 -0400, fontfree...@aol.com a écrit : > Actually, it's often worse than just "pay me". Even once you've paid, > would that commercial license allow you to create a derivative font > for your own specialized needs or desires, even if only used > internally? Probably

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] commercial foundries the licensing boils down to "pay me"

2009/6/3 : >>For commercial foundries the licensing boils down to "pay me" and thus >>licensing compliance is de facto checked at the credit card stage. >>They're not a good model for fonts with non-monetary licensing >>clauses. > > Actually, it's often worse than just "pay me". Even once you've p

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Objectives of OFLB

2009/6/3 : > > A section dedicated to the proprietary commercial potential for fonts I strongly oppose doing this. > Plus a section strongly advising people submitting fonts to openfontlibrary >  to avoid using "copyleft" licenses, as this might diminish or destroy > their  potential for future

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Objectives of OFLB

> The new OFLB desparately needs these sections: > > A section dedicated to the proprietary commercial potential for fonts > derived from fonts licensed as "open source type" fonts. Show people where > they > can sell their derivative fonts, how to setup a business. > > Plus a section str

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

Hi, everyone, On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > On 06/03/2009 02:02 PM, Ben Weiner wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Behdad Esfahbod wrote: >>> >>> Ok, listening. It still slightly worries me that all the new code >>> being written is duplicating lots of code that is already out there

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

2009/6/3 Ed Trager : > > Heh, heh, you are assuming that I like writing documentation ... lol! I hasten to add that Ed has been working to a high professional standard on this in his spare time, but since I wanted to speed things up, I have been sponsoring the work out of my own pocket; Nicolas S

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library Podcast: Dev Talk #1

On 06/03/2009 03:28 PM, Ed Trager wrote: Fontaine also overlaps with fontconfig and pango in huge parts. I'm not as convinced that fontaine overlaps so extensively with fontconfig. The way orthographies are grouped in fontaine is quite different than in fontconfig. The treatment of Japanese

[OpenFontLibrary] CC Attribution Share Alike Licence & fonts

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