Given recent discussions regarding the use of this list, I'm unsure whether I should be responding to this question here. That said, I do want to ensure that people get answers to queries like this.
Andrew Cowie wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 12:33 -0500, Owen Taylor wrote: > > * The default font will be changing to Cantarell > > Cantarell? > > If Cantarell is this, http://abattis.org/cantarell/ which says > > As my very first typeface design... designed for on-screen > reading; in particular, reading web pages on an HTC Dream mobile > phone ... font file currently contains 391 glyphs > > then at first glance it seems an odd choice. > > DejaVu serves us well with outstanding coverage across the Unicode space > and one of the only fonts with complimentary Serif, Sans, and Sans Mono > families. Do we need to replace it? It's not a question of coverage; it's about style (though we need to use fonts that have good coverage, of course). The visual style that has been developed for GNOME 3 is one that aspires to be subtle and refined. Stylistically, Cantarell accords with that in a way that DejaVu does not. Another aim for GNOME 3 is to ensure that the new desktop is visually distinctive. Cantarell is a better choice than DejaVu here, too. I'm really excited that we're using this new font for GNOME 3; it has a really nice design and will give the new desktop an extra bit of sophistication. Allan -- Blog: https://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
