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| ! Homepage | ! Homepage | ||
| ! Description | ! Description | ||
| ! Last update | ! Last update | ||
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| | fonts-cantarell | | fonts-cantarell | ||
| | Cantarell | | Cantarell | ||
| | Dave Crossland  | | Dave Crossland | ||
| | http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Cantarell | | 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." | | "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 | | 0.0.11, 2012-12-05 | ||
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| | "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." | | "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 | | 1.038, 2012-10-08 | ||
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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(s) | Homepage | Description | Last update | Google Web Font? | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fonts-cantarell | Cantarell | Dave Crossland | 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 | Y | 
| 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 | Y | 
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
