[OpenFontLibrary] Ubuntu Font Testing webapp

Dave Crossland dave at lab6.com
Tue Jul 13 12:47:30 PDT 2010


On 13 July 2010 15:34, Alexandre Prokoudine
<alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/13/10, vernon adams wrote:
>> Theres a debate about on whether Ubuntu are failing the open source
>> ethos by not releasing the font untill it's 'finished'.
>>
>> Interestingly there's an argument that fonts can't practically be
>> released whilst in development (unlike other software) because it would
>> be difficult for the author & users to track changes etc.
>>
>> discuss... ;)
>
> Whoever insists that Ubuntu is failing some sort of ethos regarding
> fonts should grow up.

Fonts can be released whilst in development (just like other software)
because users can track changes by having the font name follow a
unique pattern.

Which is to say:

What is so hard about releasing FontName20100713?


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