I'll take up this POW... it fits in well with the distribution CD I'm atempting to organize ;)
I've read a decent amount of information on fonts before (wondering why X/Linux/OSS has so many different ways of using them). Just don't be suprised if I toss in some information from other OSS/Free projects as well! --tim >From: Martin Sevior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: POW - Investigate Open Office Fonts. >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:36:10 +1000 (EST) > >Hi Folks, > Open Office have got a fair bit of publicity recently for >managing to get spell checking working using Open Source code. A lot of >that code came from us. > >Now we should return the favour and see if they can help us in an area >where we are particularly weak - Freely distributable fonts. > >So this POW is for someone to go snooping around the Open Office website, >mailing lists, archives, code and to establish: > >1. What freely available fonts they have. >2. Are these fonts Type 1 or True Type? >3. Are the fonts good enough for us? > >You don't have to be a coder to do this and it would help us to have a >bigger and better collection of scalable fonts. > >Cheers > >Martin > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
