Great. Love the font - been using it for years. Even got it on my website for UGC!
On 27/11/2007, George Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Backstage folk > > Tiresias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias_%28typeface%29 ) is a > font designed by the RNIB for high legibility - allegedly especially > good for people with any sort of visual impairment. > > They've just made PC-specific versions > (http://www.tiresias.org/fonts/pcfont/about_pc.htm ) which are released > under version 3 of the GPL > (http://www.tiresias.org/fonts/fonts_download.htm#licence ) > > This is interesting for a few reasons. In Interactive TV, we (the BBC) > uses Tiresias ( the TV version - screenfont - > http://www.tiresias.org/fonts/screenfont/about_screen.htm ) for onscreen > display (eg of news headlines, OSDs, etc) - it benefits all viewers, not > just ones with vision problems. > > It's also good to see new TTF fonts under a free (beer/ speech) licence. > > It might also mean that it's easier to emulate Tiresias, and thus iTV > apps, on PCs (at the moment the emmys use a not-quite-the-same > substitute, which can make rendering and layout a bit weird) > > Not everyone thinks it's great though - there's a rebuttal/ critique > here > > http://screenfont.ca/fonts/today/Tiresias/ > > But, anyway, a new font, and one vaguely of interest to Backstage people > maybe? > > Dunno why the TV version is still (seemingly, it's a little unclear) > non-free. The site claims 'Bitstream... have the specialist knowledge > needed for implementing this font.' > > Regards > > George > (disclaimer - I work for the BBC) > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
