Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-30 Thread Leon Brooks
On Friday 29 November 2002 10:48 am, Ben Reser wrote: On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:43:55AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: Ask yourself if Trey would turn down an opportunity to destroy a Linux distributor while simultaneously portraying them as a thief of intellectual property. It's nearly Christmas:

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-30 Thread Ben Reser
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:59:38PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: Disagree. The fonts are shipped with IE-for-Mac as well, and not as EXEs. And they were also shipped as .sit.hqx for Macs: http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/faq8.htm Considering that .sit.hqx is a standard encoding format for

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-30 Thread Leon Brooks
On Sunday 01 December 2002 03:25 am, Ben Reser wrote: On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:59:38PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: Disagree. The fonts are shipped with IE-for-Mac as well, and not as EXEs. And they were also shipped as .sit.hqx for Macs: http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/faq8.htm But not, you

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-30 Thread Leon Brooks
On Sunday 01 December 2002 01:47 pm, Leon Brooks wrote: Something like this: http://www.google.com/search?q=free+truetype+fonts Now you too can write like Douglas Adams: http://fonts.tom7.com/fonts98.html ...a bonzer feature for Mandrake, says I. (-: Here's another ten thousand or

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-30 Thread Ben Reser
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 01:47:50PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: But not, you will note, as .tar.gz, .rpm, .deb or even .zip format. I just don't really see how they packaged it is relevent. The one in my original post. Something like this: http://www.google.com/search?q=free+truetype+fonts

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-30 Thread Leon Brooks
On Sunday 01 December 2002 02:01 pm, Ben Reser wrote: Maybe I'll find some time to package some of these fonts... Maybe it's a project that will expand and consume all of your time. There are some very pretty/stylish free fonts out there... (-: Cheers; Leon

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-28 Thread Leon Brooks
On Friday 29 November 2002 01:36 am, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 16:23, David Walser wrote: The difference between some script that DLs them at install time and an RPM that ships them directly is not immediately obvious to a non-techie. What that means is, it's close

Re: [Cooker] Microsoft True Type Fonts - some positive moves

2002-11-28 Thread Ben Reser
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:43:55AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: Ask yourself if Trey would turn down an opportunity to destroy a Linux distributor while simultaneously portraying them as a thief of intellectual property. It's nearly Christmas: he'd think Santa had already arrived early! This