Hi All, I have DejaVu and Andale installed and it's great.
Dave On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 10:56 -0700, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > > The X group hasn't, but I am working on integrating > > the Deja Vu fonts > > -- > > -Alan Coopersmith- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > icrosystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > Wow, the DejaVu fonts! Solaris is going to look even prettier! > > If my memory serves me correctly, Sun was one of the biggest players in font > scaling (along with Adobe and Apple). To say that Solaris fonts looking bad > will make some Solaris-desktop users (e.g., me) mad. > > As we all know, you cannot copyright a font type (thou you can patent > it--it''s a totally different story). But you can trademark it (as Microsoft > did with Times New Roman). The main reason I believe we need TrueType fonts > is b/c we need the Times New Roman fonts (for compatibility). Sun's > Thorndale fonts are identical to the Times New Roman, but a license is still > needed to use the name. > > Don't know whether my words make sense, but just want to raise an objection > to the subject heading. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org David Clack Solaris X86 Evangelist Senior Systems Engineer OEM Software Sales Sun Microsystems 642, Chinook Ave SE, Ocean Shores, WA, USA, 98569 Phone +1-360-289-2158 Fax +1-360-289-2091 Mobile +1-206-265-1904 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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