Bug#1128206: cardo: no source available

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM Bastian Germann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, the googlefonts version is an import from the ttf and is probably
> in violation of the license because they have not kept the reserved font
> name.
>
>
There are SFD sources at https://github.com/googlefonts/CardoFont which
appear to be the original import to Google Fonts. Being hosted under the
"googlefonts" username mostly indicates that the original upstream
repo/site no longer exists or something similar.

Can you be more specific about the existence of the RFN(s)? I don't see
that on the repo above. So it's possible that either (a) the designer
removed the RFN after being asked to do so (which is not uncommon; a lot of
folks don't fully understand its downstream effects and just add them
without determined intent) or (b) Google Fonts separately negotiated an RFN
exception.

With a font project that old, I'd be surprised if it was a separate
negotiation, but it's clearly important to determine which case it is.

Nate



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