Finalise UFF family name eg. 'Ubuntu'/'UbuntuBeta'/something else
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Font Family |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The UbuntuBeta (Maag) font is currently uncomfortable known as the "Ubuntu Font" font. This is likely to cause ambiguity issues with the main Ubuntu brand. When Ubuntu-related projects have been set up so far, they have been names distinct from "Ubuntu" alone, generally in the form "Ubuntu /Something/":
"Ubuntu-Title", a font used for the first 5 years of branding
"Ubuntu One", an online-services portfolio related to Ubuntu
"Ubuntu Light Themes", default themes used on the Ubuntu desktop
"Ubuntu Netbook Editiion", a version of the Ubuntu-system optimised for something else
When the seedlings of the Ubuntu project and Launchpad were forming, a great deal of care was taken to ensure that the corporate entity had an identity distinct from the product, and didn't just become "Ubuntu dot com" (the name "Canonical" being picked).
Ideally the new Maag-designed font could have its _own_ long-term (but associated) identity and suitably unambiguous name eg. "Ubuntu-Unity", "Ubuntu-Natural", "Ubuntu-Umiak", "Ubuntu-Union". Or perhaps even just "Uniformity" or "Unicorn".
(The name does not matter, just ideally that there is some definite postfix).
visibility: | private → public |
summary: |
- Ubuntu Maag font lacks unique name-of-its-own + Ubuntu Maag font lacks unique name-of-its-own (eg. Ubuntu Sans) |
Changed in ubuntufontbetatesting: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in ubuntufontbetatesting: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
tags: | added: uff-10.10-todo |
summary: |
- Ubuntu Maag font lacks unique name-of-its-own (eg. Ubuntu Sans) + Finalise UFF family name eg. 'Ubuntu'/'UbuntuBeta'/something else |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | none → 0.7.0 |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | 0.6.7 → 0.7.0 |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | 0.70 → 0.68 |
At most, it will be Ubuntu Sans.
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