[g-a-devel] Royal National Institute for the Blind low-vision fonts now under GPL v3 - include in GNOME?

[Peter Korn <Peter Korn Sun COM>]

Hi gang,

I just received word (see attached) that the Tiresias family of fonts, 
designed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind for clarity and 
ease of recognition by folks with vision impairments are now available 
under GPL v3.  The family includes fonts recommended and tested for use 
in signage, print, television, and computer use (the latter is "PCFont" 
- see http://www.tiresias.org/fonts/pcfont/about_pc.htm for details). 

I would like to recommend we consider redistributing these fonts with 
GNOME (or at least link to them so that UNIX distros that include GNOME 
might become aware of and potentially include this font).


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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• From: "Carter, Katherine" <Katherine Carter rnib org uk>
• Subject: Tiresias News November 2007
• Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:36:01 +0000

Dear Colleague, 

Free downloads are now available for the Tiresias fonts (LPFont, PCFont,
InfoFont, SignFont, KeyFont) from
www.tiresias.org/fonts/fonts_download.htm

Work has continued on extending the list of standards which relate to
accessibility of information and communication technology systems and on
linking them to the committee responsible for each standard. Also, we
now have a quarterly report on the current status of standards under
development. The standards section is at www.tiresias.org/standards/

New and updated Guidelines
Transport - Now covers air, rail, road and sea. This can be found at
www.tiresias.org/guidelines/transport/

e-Voting - Now includes a new section on current voting practices for
people with disabilities. This can found at
www.tiresias.org/guidelines/e_voting.htm

Household appliances - This new guideline can be found at
www.tiresias.org/guidelines/household_appliances.htm

Accessible tourism - These guidelines have been extensively revised and
extended and can be found at
www.tiresias.org/guidelines/accessible_tourism/

The website has been modified to make it easier to navigate with
features such as "breadcrumbs". What else would make it easier for you
to use?

Regards,

Dr John Gill OBE FIET
Chief Scientist

Scientific Research Unit
RNIB
105 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE

Tel +44 20 7391 2244

Web: www.tiresias.org 


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