[odf-discuss] Fonts and Interoperability
Thomas Zander
zander at kde.org
Mon Dec 18 09:59:10 EST 2006
On Monday 18 December 2006 14:52, Pete Harlow wrote:
> I notice that the new version of OS from MS has a new font collection:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Windows_Vista_typefaces
>
> Furthermore, there is an initiative to try and make this a de facto
> standard in the proprietary world:
>
> http://www2.jeffcroft.com/2006/aug/29/open-letter-apple-and-microsoft/
>
> Whilst not a huge problem this is just another little niggle when
> exchanging documents, in whatever format, between the open and proprietary
> worlds.
>
> Is it outside our terms of reference to put together a core set of open
> fonts (and perhaps distibute them with the viewer)?
The font 'Calibri' is a (IIRC) universe font just renamed.
So we already have support for that.
--
Thomas Zander
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