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Bitstream To Donate 10 Fonts To Free Software World

Posted by timothy on from the some-gnus-is-good-gnus dept.

21mhz writes "Posted on FootNotes: The GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. announce long-term agreement to bring high quality fonts to Free Software. Ten fonts will be released for use under a special open license agreement, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open source software developers and users. Read the full press release for more details." Modification and re-release (under a different name) is explicitly allowed, too.

13 of 397 comments (clear)

  1. free fonts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    get free fonts at free fonts.com

    1. Re:free fonts by JeanFiend · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you like f ree f on t s l ook i ng l i k e t h i s, sure. Be my guest.

  2. Yes! by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    These 10 fonts shall increase my usability experience, allowing me to show them off to all!

    It's always good to hear news like this.. companies don't need to open source everything.. just donate a little to the community and it'll fill our hearts with warm feelings.

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  3. You know you're a geek by mao+che+minh · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know you're a geek when you get excited about the release of new fonts.

  4. Re:fonts types vs anti-aliasing by chrisseaton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linus is not very good at displaying the fonts

    I don't think you can directly blame him :)

  5. Re:fonts types vs anti-aliasing by Knacklappen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linus is not very good at displaying the fonts, unfortunately.

    On the other hand, Bill isn't too good at this, either. ;-)

    (Just making fun of my own typo.)

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  6. Hehe... by Chicane-UK · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can imagine Microsoft doing something like this.. a totally out of the blue, unexpected gesture, getting everyone really excited.

    Then they release ten variations of webdings.. the press release says "Try rendering your pages using THOSE on Mozilla!" :)

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  7. And the fonts are... by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Helvetica WayTooNarrow

    2. Jesse Ventura Bold

    3. Another Godamnned Star Trek Font

    4. Cthulhu HyperItalic

    5. Penis Extra Small

    6. Fertilizus Dungbats

    7. Douche Medium

    8. Bush Wacky Wingdings

    9. MS AntiTrust

    10. End Times Extra Dark

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  8. Will it become 20 fonts by miracle69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    When this story becomes a repost in about 8 hours?

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  9. Absolutely! by melquiades · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know you're a geek when you get excited about the release of new fonts.

    No kidding.

    Of course, if I were posting this from a Linux machine, I wouldn't be excited, because I wouldn't be able to fucking read the story.

  10. You got one wrong: by GQuon · · Score: 2, Funny

    8. West Wingdings

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  11. Screenshot by hysterion · · Score: 4, Funny

    T h 3 Qu 1ck Br0 wn F0x Ju m ps 0v 3r T h 3 L4zy Do9!

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  12. Re:Linux gets fonts? by ChaoticLimbs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Agh, another GNU/Linux puritan. Good one-liner, though.