Bug#628812: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#628812: RFP: ttf-abattis-cantarell -- Cantarell sans font
On 03/06/11 08:56, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Daniel Glassey (dglassey@gmail.com):
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> X-Debbugs-CC: pkg-fonts-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
>
>
> We should probably target fonts-abattis-cantarell as package name as
> per our "recent-but-yet-to-be-published" fonts packaging policy. Or
> maybe even fonts-cantarell if the "foundry" makes less sense.
>
>
>> Homepage: http://abattis.org/cantarell/
>> License: SIL Open Font Licence v1.1.
>>
>> it is the open font used by Gnome 3 and the source is developed in gnome git
>> http://git.gnome.org/browse/cantarell-fonts/tree
>
>
> I haven't found a "released" tarball for the font source. One can
> indeed download an non-versioned ZIP file with only TTF files, but I
> think it would be worth having the package building TTF and OTF files
> from source.
I think we really should ping GNOME upstream again about resolution of
these upstream bugs before packaging:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635383
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644126
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644187
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644201
Cheers,
--
Nicolas Spalinger,
SIL NRSI volunteer - http://scripts.sil.org
Debian fonts task force - http://pkg-fonts.alioth.debian.org
Open font community - http://planet.open-fonts.org
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