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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpzgGMqXgit6FBVaO76epnnFC_rQPdVKswrDQWyqO1M High-DPI, Subpixel Text Positioning and Hinting] by Behdad Esfahbod
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* [http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/a-web-designers-guide-to-linux-fonts/ A Web Designer's Guide to Linux Fonts] by Michael Tuck
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Revision as of 11:16, 3 January 2013

Fonts in both the installer and X environments are controlled through fontconfig and libfreetype.

Font Packages

This does not attempt to be a complete nor authoritative list. The ultimate record is always the actual SprezzOS repository.

Package Font(s) Creator(s) Homepage Description Packaged version Google Web Font?
fonts-adobe-sourcesanspro Source Sans Pro Adobe http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcesans.adobe/ "Source Sans is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed to work well in user interface (UI) environments, as well as in text setting for screen and print." 1.038, 2012-10-08 Y
fonts-cantarell Cantarell Dave Crossland http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Cantarell "The typeface is designed as a contemporary Humanist sans serif, and was developed for on-screen reading; in particular, reading web pages on an HTC Dream mobile phone." 0.0.11, 2012-12-05 Y
fonts-liberation Liberation Sans Steve Matteson of Ascender Corporation, Oracle https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ "Liberation™ Fonts is a font family which aims at metric compatibility with Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New." 2.00.1, 2012-10-07 N (see "Arimo")

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