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Aboriginal Serif is a very large font containing all of the letters necessary to type in any North American Native language, and contains comprehensive OpenType tables. It is in the “Times” style, and is suitable for print publication. It includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic versions. | |||
It was created by Christopher Harvey. | |||
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# Upstream does not include a detached license file and license information is hidden in font metadata which points to this [http://www.languagegeek.com/misc/license/gnu.html web page]. You should ask upstream to add a detached txt license file in its archives (that can be included in %doc) | # Upstream does not include a detached license file and license information is hidden in font metadata which points to this [http://www.languagegeek.com/misc/license/gnu.html web page]. You should ask upstream to add a detached txt license file in its archives (that can be included in %doc). | ||
# Upstream nicely versions its fonts, but the archive themselves are not versionned. You should ask upstream to version its archives. | # Upstream nicely versions its fonts, but the archive themselves are not versionned. You should ask upstream to version its archives. | ||
# Do not forget to add the appropriate [[Fontconfig_packaging_tips|fontconfig ruleset]] to your package. | |||
# There are many good fonts on upstream's web page. If you package this one, consider packaging the others too. | # There are many good fonts on upstream's web page. If you package this one, consider packaging the others too. | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 26 October 2008
Foreword
- Frames that use this style are redaction tips. Please remove them from your page once they are no longer necessary. Do the same for the lorem ipsum bits.
- Remember the more complete and accurate the information you add is, the more likely a font is to be packaged and widely used.
- Do not forget to update the page categorization once the font status changes.
Aboriginal Serif North American Native font
Packager
Correct the proposal and replace it with the final package summary.
Correct the proposal and replace it with the final package summary.
Description
Aboriginal Serif is a very large font containing all of the letters necessary to type in any North American Native language, and contains comprehensive OpenType tables. It is in the “Times” style, and is suitable for print publication. It includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic versions.
It was created by Christopher Harvey.
Packager
Correct the proposal and replace it with the final package description.
Correct the proposal and replace it with the final package description.
Characteristics
| Homepage | Format & features | License | Review reference | Koji page | pkgdb page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Languagegeek | TTF with OpenType tables | GPLv3 with font exception | ④ | ⑤ | ⑥ |
Packager
- Once a package has entered the review stage, add a Review reference ④ such as 181994. You can reference this wiki page in your review request as additional information. Please do not forget to CC fedora-fonts-bugs-list@redhat.com on your bugzilla ticket.
- Once a package has been approved, add the corresponding:
- Koji page ⑤ pointer (for example dejavu-fonts).
- pkgdb page ⑥ pointer (for example dejavu-fonts).
| Style | Faces | Scripts | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sans | Serif | Other | R | B | I | BI | Other | Latin | Greek | Cyrillic | Other | ||
| Variable | Monospace | Variable | Monospace | ||||||||||
| ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | Cher, Cans | |||||||
Caveats
- Upstream does not include a detached license file and license information is hidden in font metadata which points to this web page. You should ask upstream to add a detached txt license file in its archives (that can be included in %doc).
- Upstream nicely versions its fonts, but the archive themselves are not versionned. You should ask upstream to version its archives.
- Do not forget to add the appropriate fontconfig ruleset to your package.
- There are many good fonts on upstream's web page. If you package this one, consider packaging the others too.
Packager
Take care of those items and remove them from the page once they've been dealt with.
Take care of those items and remove them from the page once they've been dealt with.
Fonts in Fedora
The Fonts SIG takes loving care of Fedora fonts. Please join this special interest group if you are interested in creating, improving, packaging, or just suggesting a font. Any help will be appreciated.
The Fonts SIG takes loving care of Fedora fonts. Please join this special interest group if you are interested in creating, improving, packaging, or just suggesting a font. Any help will be appreciated.
Packager
You MUST replace the Category:Font wishlist tag with:
You MUST replace the Category:Font wishlist tag with:
- Category:In-progress fonts for a font being worked on, but not available in Fedora yet. Typically in packaging review stage.
- Category:Packaged fonts for a packaged font, available in Fedora.
- Category:Rejected and retired fonts for a font we decided not to package after review, or removed from current Fedora repositories for some other reason.