On 11/28/2013 04:39 AM, Mirek M. wrote: > Hi Robert, > We discussed fonts not too long ago [1]. > We decided against Droid Sans, as it doesn't offer an Italic variant. > I don't think we could offer Khmer, as the MPL, which LibreOffice is > licensed under, is more permissive than the LGPL. I'm not sure, though. > As for Mittaphap, I haven't heard of it. Could you describe it a bit > more, similar to the way fonts are described at > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Wishlists/Fonts? Is it a > good font typographically? > > I'm thinking we should bundle Noto Sans [2] and Noto Serif [3], > though, as those have the goal of covering all of Unicode. > > Thoughts? > > [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Wishlists/Fonts > [2] https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Noto+Sans > [3] https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Noto+Serif > > 2013/11/25 Robert M Campbell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Is it possible to include the following fonts to LibreOffice? > > These fonts will help 3 SEA languages have built-in support. > > Thai language > Droid Sans - Apache v2 license > https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans > > Khmer language > Khmer OS - LGPL license > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/khmer/files/Fonts%20-%20KhmerOS/KhmerOS%20Fonts%204.0-%20LGPL%20License/ > > Lao language > Mittaphap - SIL OFL license > http://hg.palaso.org/font-lao2/file/d0764b11848f > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=89727 (Mittaphap > generated font) > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=89728 (Mittaphap Book > generated font) > > -- > Respectfully, > > *Robert M Campbell* > IT Specialist for ADRA Laos & Open Source Advocate > Lao Cell: +856 207 616 7299 <tel:%2B856%20207%20616%207299> > US Phone: +1 270 681 0399 <tel:%2B1%20270%20681%200399> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Visit ADRA Lao's Facebook Page at facebook.com/ADRALaos > <http://facebook.com/ADRALaos> > <www.facebook.com/ADRALaos <http://www.facebook.com/ADRALaos>> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: > [email protected] > <mailto:design%[email protected]> > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and > cannot be deleted > >
Just looked at the source of Noto, and that reccomendation has some potential - they reportedly cover Lao, Thai, and Khmer. I'll test the font and see if I can get some langauge eperts to looks at it and see if it meets the needs... -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
