<quote name="Steven Walling" date="2014-02-15" time="16:08:41 -0800"> > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Greg Grossmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > <quote name="Federico Leva (Nemo)" date="2014-02-15" time="22:52:31 +0100"> > > > And surely, before WMF/"MediaWiki" tell the world that no free fonts > > > of good quality exist, there will be some document detailing exactly > > > why and based on what arguments/data/research the numerous free > > > alternatives were all rejected? Free fonts developers are an > > > invaluable resource for serving Wikimedia projects' content in all > > > languages, we shouldn't carelessly slap them in their face. > > > > I just skimmed the entire thread again, and yes, this has been requested > > a few times but no one from the WMF Design team has responded with that > > analysis (or if would respond with an analysis). The first time it was > > requested the person was told to ask the Design list, then the next > > message CC'd the design list, but no response on that point. > > > > I don't see much on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh > > nor it's talk page. Nor > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design/Typography > > > > There wasn't an answer because the question is a fundamental > misunderstanding of the way CSS works and options that are within our > reach. The question isn't "are there good free fonts?" the question is "can > we deliver good free fonts to all users?". I'll try to help the UX team > document the answer better.
Thanks. I may be part of the misunderstanding-of-how-things-work-in-font-land contingent. Advice/clarity appreciated. Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
