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Open Fonts For The Web -- Harder Than It Sounds

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 26-isn't-enough dept.

simpl3x writes "of the nytimes articles posted today, this one about new, open fonts designed for the web was by far the most interesting. Here is a link to the project site, and here is a reason why it is necessary. For all the talk of the world wide part, the basics are still very local, aren't they? It will be interesting to see how one chooses a character on a keyboard!"

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  1. Truth be told... by mstyne · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've been using the freefont fontset, and find them pretty nice.

    http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/

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    mstyne: real name, no gimmicks
  2. Standardization... by UnidentifiedCoward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    has always been a problem. When I used to work in academia supporting professors and graduate students who were trying to write papers with inordinately complex mathematical models you begin to understand why it is a problem.

    Really, the methodology for creating the paper depended sharply on the ultimate destination (or publication). Every publisher has their own requirements for typeset, etc. Really you need to convince publishers to agree to accept the font package before it will win broad acceptance.

  3. Re:Font Copyright.... by Wakkow · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Read More about how fonts/typefaces can/can't be trademarked, patented, copyrighted, etc.

  4. Pah, forget these ''math'' fonts... by Tom7 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you want your mathematical publications to look really good, just use my fonts.

    http://fonts.tom7.com/

    Trust me. Instant PhD.