Re: gpe new user prompt

On 14 Oct 2002 14:28:02 +0100
Moray Allan <moray@sermisy.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 14:20, Philip Blundell wrote:
> > Or, as an alternative, we should ship some (maybe just one) of the
> > free TTF fonts in the bootstrap image. They would look poor
> > compared to the MS ones, but at least xkbd would run and allow the
> > user to log in.
> I think this would probably be the best answer (people can always
> remove it again once they've installed their preferred fonts). Until
> we find a font that's bearable it might still be worth have a visible
> warning in addition though, so that people don't assume that 'GPE
> looks bad' etc.

Abolutely!
We should with all force try to get rid of those M$ fonts!
I have auto-hinted those free TTF fonts (with kind permission of the
artist of course) and could upload OpenType format fonts of the too.

Colin has done some impressing tests with especially the Caliban font.
It look quite good! Good enough for most most of us I would suppose!
Screenshots can be found on the scap pages:

        http://handhelds.org/scap/port.23639.png

I any assistance in the fonts is needed please contact me!
I will do whatever I can to get rid of the M$ fonts, really!

> Moray
CU
  nils faerber

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