Saying that the people who picked the font stack should be able to defend their selection of font stack and their ability to design for all customers with it isn't avoiding the question; it's sending the question to the ONLY people who can sensibly answer it.
Keep in mind that a) the design team don't spend a lot of time on this mailing list other than Brandon, and b) it's the weekend, most of them probably aren't even aware you've asked a question yet. Please have a little patience, and assume good faith. -- brion On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:56 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 October 2013 19:47, Steven Walling <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:44 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> OK ... and the tradeoff of the designer assuming the non-free font, > >> and it just happening to look like garbage with any free font? > > > David, you should ask the designers why they chose the stack in > VectorBeta, > > rather than assuming they ignored free/open platforms. If you look, > you'll > > notice that they took the time on MobileFrontEnd and in VectorBeta to > > examine what fonts were most widely available and look good on free > > platforms, and specify them. > > > That's ... precisely evading the question. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
