Re: gnome fonts: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono

[<Jim Gettys hp com>]

I'll check with Bitstream next week; I expect no complaints from them if I distribute a patched version of the font...
                  - Jim
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Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
HP Labs, Hewlett-Packard Company
Jim Gettys hp com

> Sender: fonts-admin gnome org
> From: "Cody B." <cody zone38 net>
> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:31:00 -0600
> To: fonts gnome org
> Subject: Re: Fwd: gnome fonts: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
> -----
> > However, the "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" font does not really seam to
> be a
> > monospaced font. It is not recognized as such by the KDE font
> selector. Also,
> > when chosen in a text editor (gedit, kate), artifacts in the spacing
> become
> > apparent.
>
> Again, most likely this is because of the fact that the isFixedPitch
> value in the post table is set to 0.  Apparently this affects KDE's
> font selector as well as Windows'...
>
> I'd upload a version of the monospaced fonts with isFixedPitch set to
> 1, but then I'd be breaking the beta licensing agreement.  'Tis a
> catch-22, isn't it?
>
> -- Cody B.
>    cody zone38 net
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