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| ==Font Packages== | ==Font Packages== | ||
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| ! Package | |||
| ! Font(s) | |||
| ! Creator / Distributor | |||
| ! Homepage | |||
| ! Description | |||
| ! Last update | |||
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| | fonts-cantarell | |||
| | Cantarell | |||
| | Dave Crossland + Google | |||
| | http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Cantarell | |||
| | "The typeface is designed as a contemporary Humanist sans serif, and was developed for on-screen reading; in particular, reading web pages on an HTC Dream mobile phone." | |||
| | 0.0.11, 2012-12-05 | |||
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| | fonts-adobe-sourcesanspro | |||
| | Source Sans Pro | |||
| | Adobe | |||
| | http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcesans.adobe/ | |||
| | "Source Sans is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed to work well in user interface (UI) environments, as well as in text setting for screen and print." | |||
| | 1.038, 2012-10-08 | |||
| |- | |||
| |} | |||
| ==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 04:51, 6 December 2012
Fonts in both the installer and X environments are controlled through fontconfig and libfreetype.
Font Packages
This does not attempt to be a complete nor authoritative list. The ultimate record is always the actual SprezzOS repository.
| Package | Font(s) | Creator / Distributor | Homepage | Description | Last update | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fonts-cantarell | Cantarell | Dave Crossland + Google | http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Cantarell | "The typeface is designed as a contemporary Humanist sans serif, and was developed for on-screen reading; in particular, reading web pages on an HTC Dream mobile phone." | 0.0.11, 2012-12-05 | 
| fonts-adobe-sourcesanspro | Source Sans Pro | Adobe | http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcesans.adobe/ | "Source Sans is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed to work well in user interface (UI) environments, as well as in text setting for screen and print." | 1.038, 2012-10-08 | 
See Also
- Graphics in the SprezzOS Manual
- The Raster Tragedy by Beat Stamm
- High-DPI, Subpixel Text Positioning and Hinting by Behdad Esfahbod
- A Web Designer's Guide to Linux Fonts by Michael Tuck
