Hi Everyone, I do agree that a decent looking font in rrd graphs is necessary. But it is best to include a way to use a font the user desires. Sometimes the graph are official and need to be formal, but sometimes we go the other way round :)
Maybe adding external support for truetype fonts? Thanks Ronald Tse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tobias Oetiker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: [rrd-developers] The font search > > Folks, > > I have been hunting for a good highquality font to use in rrdtool > as a default font ... I have not been successful. > > 1) Most fonts even if they are 'gratis' have rather non'free > licenses. > > 2) Apart from the Microsoft stuff I have not found any fonts which > look decent at small sizes ... > > Any ideas for a hinted, Free, truetype font in a sanserif design ? > > Otherwhise I guess I will have to burden the user with finding a > font when installing rrdtool ... > > I have looked at the fonts available in openoffice, and they look > simply cheep ... I also looked at the (gratis) luxi fonts in xfree, > and even though they are from B&H, the results on screen are > abysmal ... > > cheers > tobi > > > -- > ______ __ _ > /_ __/_ / / (_) Oetiker, ETZ J97, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland > / // _ \/ _ \/ / phoneto:+41(0)1-632-5286 faxto:+41(0)1-632-1517 > /_/ \.__/_.__/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://google.com/search?q=tobi > > > -- > Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-developers > WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-developers WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
