The most important aspect of Libre fonts its not aesthetic, or quality, or
whatever it's the LICENSE itself.
Is the fact that anybody can use them without asking permission, having to
pay, or worrying about lawsuits.
In a recent conversation about Libre fonts being used by Adobe Edge and the
R
Pablo clearly 'gets it' :)
I assume that the response from people who "dont get it" would be that you
should have both; 'freedom' and 'quality', and i wouldn't argue with that, it's
a good target. But...
…designing a font family to the high standards that Thomas has set, takes a lot
of time an
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 01:15:44AM -0700, Vernon Adams wrote:
> Pablo clearly 'gets it' :)
>
> I assume that the response from people who "dont get it" would be that
> you should have both; 'freedom' and 'quality', and i wouldn't argue
> with that, it's a good target. But...
We should. I find the
About free vs paid for.
The software industry has been foisting half baked junk on the public for a
generation. Windows has been a long chain of bug infested rehashed versionz,
dominating the market by brute force bizness practisez. They set the tone for
the entire industry. Meanwhile, alot uv
On 17 October 2013 13:56, wrote:
> I recently switched to Linux Mint on my netbook & its great.
How iz FontForge?
On 17 Oct 2013, at 02:39, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 01:15:44AM -0700, Vernon Adams wrote:
>> Pablo clearly 'gets it' :)
>>
>> I assume that the response from people who "dont get it" would be that
>> you should have both; 'freedom' and 'quality', and i wouldn't argue
>> with
I havent uzed it. I dont hav it yet. Sumbody here sed it suks, but in different
wayz than Fontlab.
-Original Message-
From: Dave Crossland
To: Open Font Library
Sent: Thu, Oct 17, 2013 9:24 am
Subject: Re: [OpenFontLibrary] [GFD] Tom Phinney on Libre Fonts
On 17 October 2013 13:
Early & often iz a bad idea. Even if your investment in your product iz minimal
and you are giving it away, you will earn a bad reputation. A bad rep iz much
harder to overcome than no rep.
Get stuff az ready for prime time az you can before releasing it. Yes, its not
going to be perfect, but
On 18 October 2013 02:21, wrote:
> Early & often iz a bad idea. Even if your investment in your product iz
> minimal and you are giving it away, you will earn a bad reputation. A bad
> rep iz much harder to overcome than no rep.
>
> Get stuff az ready for prime time az you can before releasing it
