On 6/25/08, Chetan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I'll share this piece of info, albeit a little old. > > I for one hate installing msttcorefonts and turning on the BCI in freetype. > > Part of the problem - In linux the deja vu and bitstream fonts aren't > correct replacement for arial / times new roman etc. > They are placeholders, sure, but not correct from typographical perspective. > > Now check out the Libertine fonts available from RedHat. These fonts > are a superior substitute to windows special fonts like Arial and > Times New roman. > Oh and they should be available in your fav distro by now. > > The result is definitely much better to look at than fonts in windows ! :) > > The real upside of this -- better and correct layouts in webpages, > documents from windows world that contain Arial fonts etc. > I saw the webpages looked more like what they look like in windows + FF >
Can you give some URL from where to download these fonts. I would like to download and ask people to use on proprietory OS as well. What is the license for the fonts? Regards -Sudhanwa > regards, > C > > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. > -- !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Have you tried the new "FREE" Marathi font "Aksharyogini" we have released? News!! Aksharyogini font is now included in Debian Indic fonts package!! Please get it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~ www.sudhanwa.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
