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

[Luke Yelavich <themuso themuso com>]

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On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 04:35:36AM EST, Peter Korn wrote:
> 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).

On the technical side, what sort of fonts are they, and where would they usually be placed on one's system to make use of them? I don't know a lot about fonts, but I would like to get these into Ubuntu ASAP.
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