[kde-artists] [Bug 283928] Default font. GNOME has Cantarell, Unity has the Ubuntu font family, so KDE has...

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283928





--- Comment #14 from Alejandro Nova <alejandronova gmail com>  2011-11-02 21:22:08 ---
Nuno, I selected this font also because it was an unique design. It's
impossible to do an absolutely unique design, but there are differences between
a font based on, say, Helvetica and Futura, and a cheap ripoff.

If you check at:

http://typoland.com/catalog/

You'll notice this is indeed a good foundry, and the releasing of Lato had
Google support, (that's what reads from the description on GWF). This is an
unique design, and its shortcomings on screen can be fixed by us, with the OFL.
In fact, all the GWF designs are unique, better or worse for the screen, but
unique and non infringing. GWF is not a run-off-the-mill freeware font site.

Aaron, the custom font has solely branding purposes, and this turns NIHing into
something entirely justifiable... this time ;). If we want KDE to look unique
we need an unique font. However, if we don't want that, we can use Dejavu Sans,
or whatever we like, just like before.

Finally, no serious font designer will work for free as in price. What we can
do is: ensure ourselves they will work for free as in freedom. If we pay for a
basic design that satisfies our needs, get the name permission from them, and
add the required international glyphs by ourselves, we get the best of all
worlds.

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