Q: bundled fonts.

[Tom Callaway]

On 04/23/2013 09:37 AM, Alec Leamas wrote:
> In a large package (openerp7) I have found some bundled .ttf and .otf
> font files. One of these (Inconsolata) seems to exist in Fedora as
> levien-inconsolata-fonts, the others (see below) I cannot find with a
> quick search.
> 
> The fonts are parts of specific addons (a. k. a. plugins). They are
> referenced  with explicit paths in various .css or css/* files.
> 
> The entypo-webfont.ttf seems to have a working upstream
> http://www.entypo.com.
> I cannot find an upstream for mnmliconsv21-webfont.ttf, hint is that
> it's generated by "Font Squirrel" ?!
> There seem to be an upstream for zocial-regular-webfont.ttf, at
> https://github.com/adamstac/zocial, providing a woff file.
> 
> Now, what should I do with these? Packaging GL tells me to "avoid"
> bundling ttf/otf files. What's this in this case?
> 
> Utterly confused. Any hint, out there?

For fonts that are already packaged, you can Require them, and then make
symlinks (or patch it to the system location).

For unpackaged fonts with a clear independent upstream, they should be
packaged, then see above. ;)

For unpackaged fonts with no clear upstream... I'd check to make sure
you know the license on them first. If the upstream for them is the same
as the source they come with (and you know this for sure, not assume
it), and the license is okay, you can have it go into a fonts subpackage.

Hope that helps,

~tom

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