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Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Request for sponsorship: ttf-ubuntu-title



All'incirca Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:28:34 +0100,  Nicolas Spalinger
<nicolas_spalinger@sil.org> sembrerebbe aver scritto:

> But the key issue is:
> 
> - looking at the trademark/branding aspects and what it means for
> this font because it is the visual identity of a family of products.
> AFAIK some variations are allowed for LoCos (Local Ubuntu
> communities).

I can't understand this fully: this font is distributed under GPL 2 or
later, so what's the point in redistributing it?

Anyway, I agree with you about merging glyphs from other branches of
the font.

> BTW, on the Debian side, we still have to resolve the problem of
> using a non-free font for our logo. Oh, the irony :(

Douch, I didn't know about this... :-(

> I've been in touch with the upstream designer of Ubuntu-title and
> other people in the Ubuntu community around fonts and I will mail
> them about this again. So I guess the best is to wait and see.

So, I'll wait. Let me know, I'll be happy to give my modest
contribution, if I can!

Kind regards, Giovanni.

(keep on Cc:-ing me, please)
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