[OpenFontLibrary] Open Font Library 0.4

[Peter Baker]

That looks really excellent. Not too much rummaging around for
information there!

Peter

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Christopher Adams
<christopher at fabricatorz.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> We are looking to combine the old layout of the fonts/ page with the new
> catalogue/ layout.
>
> See: http://openfontlibrary.org/en/fonts
>
> which has the category links you are looking for. Having filters directly on
> the catalogue page is something we would like to see implemented.
>
> If you have any more detailed ideas please don't hesitate to file a bug at:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openfontlibrary/+milestone/0.5
>
> Christopher
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Peter Baker <b.tarde at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations on a really beautiful site! The layout is simple,
>> elegant and comprehensible and I really love the color scheme. I like
>> it that the samples use ligatures and contextual alternative where
>> available (though I suppose this can happen only in Firefox).
>>
>> Here's a very short wish list. I think the categories ought to be more
>> prominent, since I imagine that most people looking for fonts on the
>> site will be in search of specialized things: a good text font, a
>> modern display font, whatever. Right now it appears that the
>> categories only appear on the search results page: many visitors will
>> never find them. I notice that you can also search by category: could
>> visitors be informed of this somehow?
>>
>> I'm not sure if there's any rule for ordering fonts in the catalogue,
>> which is already big enough to be a little inconvenient to browse (and
>> I'm sure it will get much bigger pretty soon). It would be nice if it
>> could be filtered and/or sorted. On (for example) art.gnome.org you
>> can sort by name or by popularity, and on some other sites by number
>> of downloads and date. The usual thing, I believe, is for the default
>> to be order by name. Of course searching or choosing a category is in
>> effect filtering the collection, so perhaps a drop-down list would be
>> redundant for that purpose, though I did find myself looking for one
>> and not finding it.
>>
>> Just wishes, as I've said. The site is beautiful and functional right now.
>>
>> Peter Baker
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at fabricatorz.com> wrote:
>> > Now the hard work continues :) We need more fonts, friends, and funds
>> > (donations :)
>> >
>> > Cheerz!
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Robert Martinez <mail at mray.de> wrote:
>> >> Applause!
>> >>
>> >> This is great news! Thank you for all your efforts - awesome.
>> >>
>> >> /me bows
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Robert
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 06/04/12 14:10, Christopher Adams wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> We've just completed a soft launch of Open Font Library 0.4. Please
>> >>> check
>> >>> it out! http://openfontlibrary.org
>> >>>
>> >>> Open Font Library 0.4 features:
>> >>>
>> >>> * a brand new interface design by Ana and Ricardo of Manufactura
>> >>> Indpendente http://blog.manufacturaindependente.org/
>> >>> * a host of new features implemented by Brad Phillips of Fabricatorz
>> >>> http://fabricatorz.com/people/brad
>> >>> * a new translation engine deployed by Jakub Jankiewicz from Aiki Lab
>> >>> * a new custom wiki built on Aiki Framework
>> >>> http://openfontlibrary.org/guidebook
>> >>>
>> >>> One of the best new features is that we can now link to @font-face
>> >>> stylesheets for each font in the library, for example:
>> >>>
>> >>> <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen"
>> >>> href="http://openfontlibrary.org/face/open-baskerville"
>> >>> rel="stylesheet"
>> >>> type="text/css"/>
>> >>>
>> >>> In our next phase we are planning to upload more free fonts to the
>> >>> library, and encourage web developers to use our stylesheets directly
>> >>> on
>> >>> their websites. We'll also need some help translating the site into
>> >>> more
>> >>> languages.
>> >>>
>> >>> We are targeting any issues to our next release. Please play with the
>> >>> new
>> >>> site and file any bugs or feature requests here:
>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openfontlibrary/+milestone/0.5
>> >>>
>> >>> We've had a pretty interesting ride these past few months with
>> >>> transitioning to a brand new host and taking the reins of this project
>> >>> once
>> >>> again. We appreciate all the help you have provided us along the way.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let's keep freeing fonts!
>> >>>
>> >>> Best,
>> >>> Christopher
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> ———
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>> >>> http://fabricatorz.com
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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