Liberation Fonts available (metric equivalent of MS fonts)

KStorm · Post by **KStorm** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:16 pm

https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/

I've got a few installed on my Slackware install--they look pretty good. "Liberation Sans" is what Helvetica should have been all along.

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:16 pm

Looks interesting - you know of any sites with screenies?

KStorm · Post by **KStorm** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:09 pm

Here's a quick screenshot:

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Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:14 pm

I've actually always thought Linux has had the best fonts on any operating system. Windows fonts always looked too "skinny" to me, and OS X fonts look too fat.

allix · Post by **allix** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:32 am

Wally Balljacker wrote: and OS X fonts look too fat.

Woot!, i never would of thought such bad manners would happen

I thought it was a blasphemy against GOD (Steve jobs)

KStorm · Post by **KStorm** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:58 pm

allix wrote:
Wally Balljacker wrote: and OS X fonts look too fat.
Woot!, i never would of thought such bad manners would happen
I thought it was a blasphemy against GOD (Steve jobs)

I have no idea about Mac fonts (other than the default), but for all the positives that Linux brings to the table, Helvetica is one of the ugliest. Too bad it's the default on a lot of apps, tho'.

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:50 pm

DejaVu is fine for me, looks great in every application and is the most complete font I have found (so you can view those crazy chinese characters even if you can't read them

).