Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: Font wishlist

Checking the license for every single font can be a pain!

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012, at 08:29 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> Hi Adolfo,
>
> Le 2012-08-15 11:10, Adolfo Jayme Barrientos a écrit :
> > The Design team doesn't even use Vegur for LibreOffice logos (LibO
> > Conference set in some Helvetica clone, for example...)
> >
> > Italo's right: the limited character set in Vegur makes it unsuitable
> > fo shipping, because it cannot be used for writing in languages other
> > than English. That's why I don't undestand why Vegur was even chosen
> > for branding. And anyway Vegur's a Myriad rip-off...
>
> You can find the reason as well as branding guidelines for the Vegur 
> font on our design wiki page[1].
>
> I would also not favour adding the Vegur font. There is very little use 
> for it due to its missing characters.
>
> -----------
>
> Stefan Knorr says: "Please look for professional-looking fonts, we 
> probably don't want to bundle something that looks as amateurishly done 
> (kerned for instance) as Comic Sans."
>
> Unfortunately, the Comic Sans font is very popular in primary/secondary 
> schools (Canada). It would be nice if there were a comparable/compatible 
> font included with LibreOffice for students who use Comic. Maybe
> TSCu_Comic?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
> [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Fonts
>
>
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