Bitstream To Donate 10 Fonts To Free Software World 410
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.
free fonts (Score:3, Funny)
Yes! (Score:3, Funny)
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.
You know you're a geek (Score:5, Funny)
Re:fonts types vs anti-aliasing (Score:5, Funny)
Linus is not very good at displaying the fonts
I don't think you can directly blame him :)
Re:fonts types vs anti-aliasing (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand, Bill isn't too good at this, either.
(Just making fun of my own typo.)
Hehe... (Score:4, Funny)
Then they release ten variations of webdings.. the press release says "Try rendering your pages using THOSE on Mozilla!"
And the fonts are... (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
Will it become 20 fonts (Score:5, Funny)
Horrible rumor (Score:3, Funny)
Absolutely! (Score:4, Funny)
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.
You got one wrong: (Score:2, Funny)
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Psst... LSD users (Score:2, Funny)
Re:free fonts (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Linux gets fonts? (Score:2, Funny)