From kde-usability  Wed May 12 11:59:49 2004
From: Luciano Montanaro <mikelima () virgilio ! it>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 11:59:49 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: KDefault font
Message-Id: <200405121359.49685.mikelima () virgilio ! it>
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On Wednesday 12 May 2004 12:40, Art Carney wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 May 2004 04:27 am, Luciano Montanaro wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 May 2004 03:43, Art Carney wrote:
> > > My favorite font for UI is News Gothic by Bitstream. Incredible
> > > legibility without the smeariness that Vera Sans, Verdana, and Arial
> > > often have. The glyphs are crisp and slightly taller most sans-serif
> > > fonts for a look that is attractive and readable for long periods of
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, the News Gothic fonts aren't free.
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 11 May 2004 12:21 pm, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > > > Dnia poniedzia³ek, 10 maja 2004 00:44, Davide Ferrari napisa³:
> > > > > Alle 22:02, domenica 9 maggio 2004, Alexander Nordström ha scritto:
> > > > > > I find Freesans incredibly sexy and readable. I use it for just
> > > > > > about everything and force all Web pages to use it. Personally, I
> > > > > > wouldn't mind seeing it adopted as a standard for the desktop.
> > > > >
> > > > > My 2cents..I found Cursor a really nice and readable font, ways
> > > > > better than Helvetica.
> > > >
> > > > Helvetica is one of the worst... I was looking for some time and
> > > > settled with Verdana. Font itself is rather ugly but has very good
> > > > readability - ideal for interface.
> > > >
> > > > m.
> >
> > I'm not too fond of helvetica myself. I have used Lucida-based
> > configurations for a long time now, and I'm still using it on my slow
> > laptop.
> > however, if this discussion has to produce anything useful, there is no
> > point in suggesting non-free fonts. In fact, probably the only viable fonts
> > are those supplied with X.
> >
> > Luciano
> 
> If freely licensed font is what you want, then Bitstream's Vera Sans is a nice 
> one for UI fonts. It's designed to be very close to Verdana, just as Vera 
> Serif is designed to approximate Microsoft's Georgia (which is OK but doesn't 
> look very good in FreeType IMO). Vera Mono is designed to be similar to MS's 
> Andale Mono.
> 

I know of them. In fact, I'm using a selection of them right now.

> All in all, a nice font family and worth installing on any Linux box. They are 
> GPLed, btw.
>

They have a free license, but I don't think it's GPL as such. For example, 
they can be modified, but in that case the name has to be changed.
 
Luciano
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