Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: Font wishlist

Hi all

I am new to this endeavour

I have a close friend that has 40 years of font design experience.

I could ask him to produce a "Libreoffice" font.

What do you think?

Unluckily his English is pretty bad
On Aug 17, 2012, at 1:02 AM, Stefan Knorr wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> > 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?
>
> So, I don't have anything against a comic-y font. I just wanted to point
> out that Comic Sans specifically is a rather amateurish affair.
> As to TSCu_Comic: While it isn't as worn as Comic Sans, it doesn't look
> like a high quality font either – additionally, the glyph set is
> basically just Ascii.
>
>
> > I got another question. Do we want more general-purpose fonts like e.g.
> > Droid Sans, Open Sans ... or also some that are a bit special and only
> > apropriate in certain use-cases?
>
> I think general purpose fonts are the way to go here. It's unlikely,
> many users will need [1] – though Metallica fans might like it.
> That said, Jayme e. g. proposed a Script font and I certainly think
> that's a good idea.
> Also, there's a bug concerned with adding the STIX maths fonts [2],
> which aren't general purpose, but would still be nice to have.
>
> Keep in mind, depending on the number fonts we decide for, we might also
> have to remove others (given that LibreOffice isn't exactly a
> lightweight download as is). There's no firm number set just yet,
> though.
>
> Astron.
>
>
> [1] http://www.fonts.com/font/typodermic/pastor-of-muppets
> [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38881
>
>
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