Comments on: Droid Fonts for openSUSE http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stefano F. (tacone) http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-281871 Stefano F. (tacone) Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:07:41 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-281871 hey, thanks for the link ;-) hey, thanks for the link ;-)

]]> By: Wade menard http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265757 Wade menard Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:21:53 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265757 Thanks for packaging these. I love the compactness of the sans font. I want to like the monospace font, but it falls into the trap of making the lower space L look like a one. Thanks for packaging these. I love the compactness of the sans font. I want to like the monospace font, but it falls into the trap of making the lower space L look like a one.

]]> By: Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265356 Aaron Bockover Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:42:17 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265356 @kjk: please file a bug, I'm certainly not opposed to changing the convention, though TTF is really all that we care about these days, that part I think is pointless. And "zypper se font" will show you all the font packages available anyway. @Michael: I have mixed feelings about the Droid fonts in general. I think they work best certainly for mobile screens (they look awesome on my G1), and tend to find they look better on Netbook LCDs compared to my 24" LCD for my Desktop. I'll stick with Calibri, and you can hate me for using a non-free font ;) I just wanted to get these packaged so others could try them. They're all the rage now. You might try playing around with various hinting techniques as well. @kjk: please file a bug, I’m certainly not opposed to changing the convention, though TTF is really all that we care about these days, that part I think is pointless. And “zypper se font” will show you all the font packages available anyway.

@Michael: I have mixed feelings about the Droid fonts in general. I think they work best certainly for mobile screens (they look awesome on my G1), and tend to find they look better on Netbook LCDs compared to my 24″ LCD for my Desktop.

I’ll stick with Calibri, and you can hate me for using a non-free font ;) I just wanted to get these packaged so others could try them. They’re all the rage now. You might try playing around with various hinting techniques as well.

]]> By: Michael http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265332 Michael Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:29:49 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265332 Do those fonts actually look good for you? For me, "i" look" like "I" in firefox (it's really hard to tell apart the dot). Do those fonts actually look good for you? For me, “i” look” like “I” in firefox (it’s really hard to tell apart the dot).

]]> By: kjk http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265328 kjk Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:21:38 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265328 Wouldn't it be cool if openSUSE named all fonts packages like "fonts-$TYPE-$FAMILY" e.g. fonts-ttf-droid, fonts-bitmap-artwiz etc? Wouldn’t it be cool if openSUSE named all fonts packages like “fonts-$TYPE-$FAMILY” e.g. fonts-ttf-droid, fonts-bitmap-artwiz etc?

]]> By: Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265327 Aaron Bockover Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:18:55 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265327 James: you are so right! I saw the link from Neil on Twitter. Twitter is king apparently. Fixing, and thank you. James: you are so right! I saw the link from Neil on Twitter. Twitter is king apparently. Fixing, and thank you.

]]> By: James Henstridge http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265233 James Henstridge Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:20:27 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265233 That blog post doesn't seem to have been written by Neil. That blog post doesn’t seem to have been written by Neil.

]]> By: initialzero http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265211 initialzero Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:59:42 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265211 Thanks for packaging! Thanks for packaging!

]]> By: Simos http://abock.org/2009/03/31/droid-fonts-for-opensuse/comment-page-1#comment-265207 Simos Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:31:57 +0000 http://abock.org/?p=251#comment-265207 The Droid fonts are available under the Apache license, version 2, and the canonical source to get them from is at http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=snapshot;h=6b8721393400f8e98bb6c29d47b38c79be7ade32;sf=tgz The Droid fonts are available under the Apache license, version 2, and the canonical source to get them from is at
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=snapshot;h=6b8721393400f8e98bb6c29d47b38c79be7ade32;sf=tgz

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