On 03/06/10 08:40 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Do we want to consider switching to a different font that does? There
> are more openly-licensed fonts than ever, far more than when we
> initially decided to go with MgOpen Modata. I found this font that has a
> similar rounded look (it's a wider and more widely-spaced font, but I
> think that's okay) and it seems to cover all the basic accents including
> acute, grave, umlat, circumflex, etc.:
>
> http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Quicksand
That will be a excellent candidate for replacing MgOpen Modata. Hopefully the author will get time to resolve missing letters Nicu mentioned.
>
> It's called Quicksand. The author has said he has released it
> 'license-free' and commercial use is permitted. We would need to get in
> touch with him and see if he would be amenable to releasing it under a
> recognized open font license before we could include it in Fedora, but
> he does seem responsive in the typophile forums [2].
It will be nice to refer to list of suitable license [1].


[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Fonts

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