On 11/29/05, MF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcelo, could you please update the README to indicate that the > msttcorefonts from multiverse repository can also be installed to suply > that font ? Or remove it ? What free font can we use there ? > > I don't think any fonts from msttcorefonts should be used for stuff like > this. I mean, we're using Microsoft's fonts on Ubuntu cards ;)
Seconded. Although the fonts are not exactly *by* Microsoft but mostly by Monotype they are so closely associated with MS that their use on Ubuntu material seems pretty contradictory. Apart from that sorry effort Arial being on of the ultimately most horrible fonts (non-decorative ones of acceptable technical quality, that is) one could use here. Actually not just here but anywhere >;-> (the only area where Arial admittedly possesses some qualities is on-screen-readability due to its truly excellent hinting). Even MS seem to have realised it, given that they commissioned a whole bunch of new general-use fonts for Vista, ranging from well-done to excellent (personal impression on first sight). Regarding Ubuntu communication material, i suggest switching to *Luxi Sans* (and the accompanying Luxi Mono for fixed width type) which is still restricted copyright (iirc it is in universe, but definitely not in multiverse), but provides good typographical quality, a full latin character set (non-latin type is another type of beast), and is better suited for print than the Bitstream Vera Sans/Mono/Serif family (which are optimised for screen use). Then, Luxi Sans can be classified as humanist sans-serif which you might take as an indicator of what general impression it evokes. Seems suitable, doesn't it? ;-) Accordingly, i started to redesign the Ubuntu business cards to give you a more concrete idea (and provide a better alternative <g>), but had to postpone this unfortunately until ca. the end of this week. best, sascha brossmann P.S.: The range of usable free fonts is unfortunately *very* restricted. I did research for an edu institution this spring concerning free high quality fonts for publication use (i.e. typographically as well as technically acceptable, at least 2 different faces (regular plus bold and/or italic), full latin character set). The possible range of candidates quickly boiled down to the Georgia, Trebuchet, and Verdana families from msttcorefonts, Bitstream Vera, and Luxi Sans (with the possible addition of some of the TeX fonts, which i deemed not usable in this case of institutional communication because of their strong association with TeX and 'hard' scientific typesetting). There are actually some(!) more good free fonts, but either only single faced or otherwise not suited for non-display text. Which, in the end is not very surprising if you take into account that the design and implementation of an originally new font family with upmentioned qualities requires roughly around one year of dedicated work, if not more (display fonts, where the requirements are much lower, are different in that respect). -- :: www.brsma.de :: ..: .:. . :.. ..: . . . . . . :: public key id 0x2EA549A0 ::.. :: . . . . .. . . . :: fingerprint 0A0C AE42 62F5 DB65 C5A1 E335 53FB 3888 2EA5 49A0
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