[OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

[Joshua A.C. Newman]

:hover gives a lot more visual control than tooltips, which invariably  
come in golf pants yellow. Given that we can use @font-face pretty  
freely, given the audience for the site, this seems like an opportunity.

-J

On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:02 PM, James Weiner wrote:

> I agree with Joshua on this
>
> keep them monochrome along with the rest of the design. As long as  
> it is clear what each stands for and is easy to figure out their  
> meaning via mouseover, either with a :hover pseudo-class or a title  
> tooltip
>
> James
>
> On 31 Jul 2009, at 17:00, Joshua A.C. Newman wrote:
>
>> 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
>> 401.225.7222
>>
>
>
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> James Weiner
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>

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