[OpenFontLibrary] Ubuntu Font Testing webapp

[Khaled Hosny]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 03:45:52PM -0500, Nathan Willis wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     If the font name users see in their font menu is "FontName
>     Beta-20100713" how can they set and forget?
> 
> 
> I don't think they can; I was only saying that those three things (Apt repo,
> font name, .sfd-only) are orthogonal.  Or complementary, rather.  Wondering
> what everyone thought about the relative value of them.  Do many people use a
> repo for an in-development font, for example? 

When I mentioned the repository, I meant a version control repository
(usually git), Debian packaging is beyond mere mortals like me.

I'm strongly in favour of open development model, but I can understand
when font designers are over-protective.

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer