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Liberation Fonts Increase Interoperability For Linux Users

Posted by timothy on from the yes-yes-gnu-slash-linux dept.

hweimer writes "Most problems when opening Word documents under GNU/Linux are due to missing fonts. Therefore, Red Hat published a set of fonts metric-compatible with the Windows core fonts last year. However, there were some concerns regarding the licensing that prevented many other distros to ship them. We finally managed to settle these problems, leading to better document interoperability for all GNU/Linux users."

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  1. Re:this is all nice and well but by Vectronic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -1 Troll...

    But just had to respond, cause it reminded me of...

    Sergeant: How tall are you private?
    Cowboy: Sir, five foot nine, sir!
    Sergeant: Five foot nine? I didn't know they stacked shit that high! You tryin' to squeeze an inch in on me somewhere, huh?
    Cowboy: Sir, no sir!
    Sergeant: Bullshit. It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your momma's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress! I think you been cheated! Where in the hell are you from anyway, private?
    Cowboy: Sir, Texas, sir!
    Sergeant: Holy dog shit! Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don't look much like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down. Do you suck dicks?
    Cowboy: Sir, no sir!
    Sergeant: Are you a peter puffer?
    Cowboy: Sir, no sir!
    Sergeant: I'll bet you're the kinda guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you.