Long ago we chose Bitstream Vera Sans/Serif/Sans Mono for our standard font set, because two reasons: (a) those fonts shipped with OOo and therefore should be available to everyone at OOoAuthors, regardless of operating system, and (b) those fonts are readable both onscreen and in print, an important consideration for users of our documents.

However, Bitstream Vera fonts are no longer included with OOo. Now the closest equivalent (which is identical in appearance) is Deja Vu Sans/Serif/Sans Mono.

I think we should change our template to use Deja Vu. This is a good time to make that change, since we're updating all the files for V3.2 anyway. I will be applying the latest template to each chapter as I publish it.

Any comments? Reasons I haven't thought of for why we should not make such a change? Problems I haven't thought of? Otherwise, I will go ahead and change the template. I have a few other items to fix at the same time (such as places where the "next style" is wrong).

--Jean

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