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* Other distributions have fonts packaging projects, notably [http://pkg-fonts.alioth.debian.org/ Debian] and [https://launchpad.net/~fonts Ubuntu] . | * Other distributions have fonts packaging projects, notably [http://pkg-fonts.alioth.debian.org/ Debian] and [https://launchpad.net/~fonts Ubuntu] . | ||
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Revision as of 12:03, 11 June 2008
Activities
The Fonts Special Interest Group is an informal group of Fedora Linux contributors. It is dedicated to improving fonts availability and text rendering/layouting in the distribution and its other Linux derivatives.
Join us and help:
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Any font or text-related activity can be tackled, as long as the result is free/libre and compatible with the Fedora objectives.
The current SIG task list is published here.
Contacts
Mailing lists
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fedora-fonts-list | Main SIG coordination channel, for human discussions. Post your questions and proposals there. |
Archives | Archives | Archives |
fedora-fonts-bugs-list | Automated tracking of font and text issues. Consult it to follow new problem reports and fixes, CC it in issue trackers. |
Archives | Archives | Archives |
IRC
We do not have a dedicated IRC channel right now; the general low-traffic ##fonts channel on irc.freenode.net should be used instead. It is shared by all the FLOSS font groups and is distribution-agnostic.
SIG members
The following Fedora members contribute on a permanent or semi-permanent basis to this SIG:
- MairinDuffy
- BehdadEsfahbod
- KevinFenzi
- DimitrisGlezos
- NicolasMailhot
- HansUlrichNiedermann
- JensPetersen
- RahulSundaram
- SimosXenitellis
External references
- The freedesktop.org text layout working group regularly publishes materials on present and future state of text rendering on FLOSS desktops. They're all a must-read.
- Ed Trager maintains the very complete unifont web site.
- The Open Font Library is an effort to host open fonts, though all may not be free enough for Fedora.
Subcategories
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Pages in category "Fonts SIG"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.