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fonts-freefont-ttf | |||
| FreeMono, FreeSans, | |||
FreeSerif | |||
| URW++ Ghostscript, | |||
others | |||
| "Besides a full set of characters for writing systems based on the Latin alphabet, FreeFont contains large selection of characters from other writing systems, some of which are hard to find elsewhere." | |||
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| fonts-inconsolata | | fonts-inconsolata | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 3 January 2013
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 | Google Web Font? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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." | Y |
| fonts-awesome | Awesome | Dave Gandy | http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/ | "The iconic font designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap." | N |
| 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." | Y |
| fonts-freefont-otf,
fonts-freefont-ttf |
FreeMono, FreeSans,
FreeSerif |
URW++ Ghostscript,
others |
"Besides a full set of characters for writing systems based on the Latin alphabet, FreeFont contains large selection of characters from other writing systems, some of which are hard to find elsewhere." | N | |
| fonts-inconsolata | Inconsolata | Raph Levien | http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Inconsolata | "It is a monospace font, designed for printed code listings and the like." | Y (Superseded) |
| fonts-junicode | Junicode | Peter Baker | http://junicode.sourceforge.net/ | "Junicode contains many special characters and ligatures for medievalists, along with numerous other Unicode glyphs. The font has OpenType features for advanced typesetting and includes true small caps.." | N |
| fonts-liberation | Liberation Sans | Steve Matteson (Ascender Corp),
Oracle |
https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ | "Liberation™ Fonts is a font family which aims at metric compatibility with Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New." | N (see "Arimo") |
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
- Texts Rasterization Exposures by Maxim Shemanarev
