| 2010-12-15 11:33:30 |
Paul Sladen |
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The TrueType spec makes provision for a Description field in the font files: ID10 of the name table is for "description of the typeface. Can contain revision information, usage recommendations, history, features, etc."
Many open and restricted fonts use this Description field because font viewers and font management tools (across various platforms) can show it to the user and help them The Ubuntu font project already fills in the other metadata field and should consider the Description field as well.
Here's a couple of paragraphs from the font documentation for example:
"The Ubuntu Font Family are a set of matching new libre/open fonts in development during 2010--2011. The development is being funded by Canonical Ltd on behalf the wider Free Software community and the Ubuntu project. The technical font design work and implementation is being undertaken by Dalton Maag. The new Ubuntu Font Family was started to enable the personality of Ubuntu to be seen and felt in every menu, button and dialog. The typeface is sans-serif, uses OpenType features and is manually hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens.
The scope of the Ubuntu Font Family includes all the languages used by the various Ubuntu users around the world in tune with Ubuntu's philosophy which states that every user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. So the Ubuntu Font Family project will be extended to cover many more written languages." |
The TrueType spec makes provision for a Description field in the font files: ID10 of the name table is for "description of the typeface. Can contain revision information, usage recommendations, history, features, etc."
Many open and restricted fonts use this Description field because font viewers and font management tools (across various platforms) can show it to the user and help them The Ubuntu font project already fills in the other metadata field and should consider the Description field as well.
Here's a couple of paragraphs from the font documentation for example:
"The Ubuntu Font Family are a set of matching new libre/open fonts in development during 2010–2011. The development is being funded by Canonical Ltd on behalf the wider Free Software community and the Ubuntu project. The technical font design work and implementation is being undertaken by Dalton Maag. The new Ubuntu Font Family was started to enable the personality of Ubuntu to be seen and felt in every menu, button and dialog. The typeface is sans-serif, uses OpenType features and is manually hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens.
The scope of the Ubuntu Font Family includes all the languages used by the various Ubuntu users around the world in tune with Ubuntu's philosophy which states that every user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. So the Ubuntu Font Family project will be extended to cover many more written languages."
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