Changing the default font in Fedora Core 6
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Jun 12 11:49:04 UTC 2006
Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le lundi 12 juin 2006 à 04:04 +0930, n0dalus a écrit :
>> What attempts are being made to improve the current fonts upstream?
>
> None that I am aware of (apart from rumors). You can check on
> http://www.gnome.org/fonts/ Vera was last updated three years ago.
>
> And it's not because its bug-free or complete - you can compare on
> http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/font/index.htm the coverage of
> Vera with that of its derivatives (DejaVu for example).
>
> This is one reason why changing the default font to one which has an
> active (and reactive) upstream you can report problems to is a Good
> Thing™
Bitstream-vera is essentially unmaintained, deja-vu *is*. I think it's a
no-brainer. deja-vu is the way to go, +1.
-- Rex
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