[OpenFontLibrary] GPL fonts! (Was: Open Font Library submissions)

[Ben Weiner]

Hi,

Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le lundi 10 novembre 2008 à 13:05 +0000, Ben Weiner a écrit :
>   
>> - OFL: feels like a regular font, but doesn't have embedding 
>> restrictions (you can send it to a printer or distribute it as part of a 
>> brand identity, ideally using the OFLB site URL for the typeface to save 
>> email bloat).
>>     
>
> And requires all the annoying renaming and fontlog stuff
>   

Hmm. Compared to the time spent working on glyphs, making a Fontlog file 
seems pretty easy and not very annoying. It's a list of contact details, 
along with dates and a very short summary of the work done. Are you 
troubled by the idea of putting these details online?

Renaming seems like it's essential since a remix/derived typeface needs 
to be identified as such (otherwise it will be hard to find in the font 
menu...)

Can you explain why these things are annoying?

Cheers,
Ben