Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > 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 >
Hi Jean, I see no reason not to make the change. The reasons for using the Bitstream font no longer exist so I would say go for it. Happy New Year. Andy
