[OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

Joshua A.C. Newman joshua at joshuanewmandesign.com
Fri Jul 31 09:00:12 PDT 2009


Nothing else on the site uses colors to distinguish things. It would  
make these elements stand out dramatically.

I don't see why tooltips or a mouseover div wouldn't solve this issue  
without bulking up the icon.

-J

On Jul 31, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:

> So do we have consensus on these icons with the full acronym as text  
> next to it?
>
> Only query I have remaining is if we keep all 3 as black or have  
> different colors?
>
>
> On 31 Jul 2009, 10:26 AM, "Nicolas Spalinger" <nicolas_spalinger at sil.org 
> > wrote:
>
> Dave Crossland wrote: > Full acronyms as text next to the icon is  
> good, but again, I think > you're ...
>
> I see your point and you can probably understand where I'm coming from
> on this but licensing clarity is really a major feature of the whole
> library.
>
> This might be a small illustration, and we already have full reports  
> on
> the page of the font itself but seeing as clearly as possible what
> rights are granted or reserved right there in the list of fonts is  
> also
> needed.
>
> We care about good licensing and about not hiding it to
> users/contributors of the site, it's part of what makes this service
> stand out compared to existing font portals. Especially as the  
> webfonts
> debate matures and recognizes the value of showing the right  
> metadata to
> users...
>
> There are at least 4 well-known and widely used licenses starting  
> with G...
> -- Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer Debian/Ubuntu font teams /  
> OpenFontLibrary
>
> http://planet.open-fonts.org
>
>
>

Joshua Newman Design
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