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[[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] proposed<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010- | [[User:duffy|Máirín Duffy]] proposed<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002573.html</a> a branding change for the complementary font used with the Fedora logo<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Complementary_Font</ref> "our secondary font, MgOpen Modata, doesn't have basic accent marks (I can't even write my own name in it.) Do we want to consider switching to a different font that does?" and made a proposal "I found this font that has a similar rounded look (it's a wider and more widely-spaced font, but I think that's okay) and it seems to cover all the basic accents including acute, grave, umlat, circumflex, etc. It's called Quicksand." | ||
Not everybody was happy with the new proposed font, like [[User:fabsh|Fabian A. Scherschel]]<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002578.html</ref> "Personally, the lower-case 'a' in that font gives me a headache. I think it's not 'modern' enough looking for Fedora" or [[User:pfrields|Paul W. Frields]]<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002584.html</ref> "Speaking only for my tastes, this font seems more excentric than Modata. The wider spacing could have a negative impact on content where we can effectively use Modata now." | |||
Máirín also outlined<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002585.html</ref> the lack of an official body text "We don't actually have an official body text font (I tend to use Liberation Sans when laying out body text), maybe we should pick a specific one and add it to our brand guidelines" and [[User:ianweller|Ian Weller]] made a proposal<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002586.html</ref> "We could use either Liberation or Droid. It matters not to me", with a good number of the team members supporting Droid. | |||
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In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1].
Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei
The Complementary Font
Máirín Duffy proposedCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag "our secondary font, MgOpen Modata, doesn't have basic accent marks (I can't even write my own name in it.) Do we want to consider switching to a different font that does?" and made a proposal "I found this font that has a similar rounded look (it's a wider and more widely-spaced font, but I think that's okay) and it seems to cover all the basic accents including acute, grave, umlat, circumflex, etc. It's called Quicksand."
Not everybody was happy with the new proposed font, like Fabian A. Scherschel[1] "Personally, the lower-case 'a' in that font gives me a headache. I think it's not 'modern' enough looking for Fedora" or Paul W. Frields[2] "Speaking only for my tastes, this font seems more excentric than Modata. The wider spacing could have a negative impact on content where we can effectively use Modata now."
Máirín also outlined[3] the lack of an official body text "We don't actually have an official body text font (I tend to use Liberation Sans when laying out body text), maybe we should pick a specific one and add it to our brand guidelines" and Ian Weller made a proposal[4] "We could use either Liberation or Droid. It matters not to me", with a good number of the team members supporting Droid.
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002578.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002584.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002585.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002586.html
Fedora Design Team at Libre Graphics Meeting
The 2010 edition of the Libre Graphics Meeting conference[1] took place in Brussels and a team from the Fedora Design Team, formed by Martin Sourada, Papadeas Pierros and Nicu Buculei attended. Nicu posted a summary[2] of the blog posts from the event, along with a link to a video of the presentation delivered by the team.