I have looked at and sometimes used a number of Linux distributions, some in the past few weeks in terms of Live CD and DVD:
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, Mandriva, openSUSE, MEPIS, Freespire. None have the quality fonts of MS Windows products. This has bothered me for years (at least 5 years, if not more) so I did considerable research into this and found that they can not legally have the high quality MS fonts along with the Linux OS since they are copyrighted. If you can not tell the difference between these fonts that are ultra tweaked for video display and mediocre fonts that are lower in readibility, then you would not have any problems using the lower quality fonts. For detailed information, see: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/index.html 73, Rick, KV9U jhaynesatalumni wrote: >--- In [email protected], KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>My main criticism of Linux is that is has horrific fonts that are not >>comparable to Windows fonts and the Linux folks try and make believe >>that this is not a problem >> >> > >I'm not going to dispute your assertion, but I don't understand it. I >have used Linux for a long long time and I have never had occasion to >say "I just can't stand these awful fonts." And on the rare occasons >when I use Windows I have never had occasion to say, "Wow, what >beautiful fonts! This has Linux beat." > >Maybe I need an example so I can see where the Windows fonts are so much >better. > > > > > > >
