Re: Raleway and Open Sans fonts in Debian

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

Hi,

On Sat, 05 Jul 2014, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 04-07-14 22:03, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff wrote:
> > Should I request splitting these fonts into individual packages? If yes,
> > how do I do that?
> 
> You can request a split. File it as a wishlist bug against the providing
> package (as you would with any bug). Also prepare yourself to get
> wontfix as a response.

Yes, for sure this will be a wontfix from the TeX Live side.

But there is a better way:
* package the fonts yourself, in whatever format you need/have them
* after this I will remove the packages from TeX Live and
  depend on your font packages

This has been done many many times by now.

Thanks

Norbert

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