[Slackbuilds-users] Dibs on Source Sans Pro and Source Code Pro

[Doogster]

The tarballs on Dropbox now have the appropriate licenses.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Binh Nguyen <binhvng at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:49:26 -0700
> Doogster <thedoogster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've posted download links in the "How to Optimize Fonts in Slackware" thread.
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-to-optimize-fonts-in-slackware-640468/page24.html#post4794225
>>
>> I recommend slight hinting, with autohinting off.
>>
>> One of the great things about them is that they look intentionally
>> similar, so your menus and terminals look consistent.
>>
>
> They look great indeed, in usual UIs. In the terminal though, I still
> prefer Terminus -- well actually, IMHO Source Code Pro looks ugly in
> terminal.
>
>
>> And if you're looking for fonts to compare to Droid, how about
>> Google's own replacement for it, which is called Roboto? There's a
>> download link here:
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-to-optimize-fonts-in-slackware-640468/page23.html#post4793634
>>
>
> Roboto only has Sans version, so there's little chance it can replace
> Droids.
>
> Anyway, you may want to adapt your SlackBuilds to recent changes. Better
> look at SBo templates git repo. For example, a license is required for
> new SlackBuilds I believe.
>
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