Re: [glob2-devel] Font Switch

[Stéphane Magnenat]

On Tuesday 12 August 2008 17:27:38 Bradley Arsenault wrote:
> In an effort to support more languages, I have switched us to using the
> Bitstream Cyberbit font, which is free for non commercial purposes. The
> font is 12 mb and supports practically every modern language. It was used
> as a test-font for the Unicode. Its not very different in style to our sans
> font, however it renders distinctly more artsy, it looks nice for
> Globulation 2. You'll see what I mean when you load it up.
>
> The downside is that it is a 12 mb font. It packs to 6 mb in a tarball. It
> doesn't seem to decrease the startup times on the program.

My worry is that it would probably prevent distribution inculsions in their 
main branch. I suggest to keep the current font and to use optionally the 
other one: that way, glob2 can still be in "free" branches while the 
international font is in "non-free" branches.

Have a nice day,

Steph

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