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 == IRC Meetings ==

 

+We have already organised Meeting #1, now we are planning for Meeting #2.

+

 === Meeting #1 ===

 

 IRC Meeting (#freedesktop@Freenode) [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2006&month=7&day=14&hour=20&min=0&sec=0 took place on Friday, 14Jul06, 20:00 GMT]: Fonts; choosing fonts; fonts.conf; fontconfig.

 

 Here is the ["Software/Fonts/Configuration/Archives"].

 

+=== Meeting #2 ===

+

+TAKES PLACE ON 1st August 2006, at 12:00 (noon) UTC (GMT/Zulu). This is morning for the US, noon for Europe/Africa and afternoon for Asia/Australia.

+

+== the issues ==

+

+Current distributions work on their own to provide a suitable font configuration set of files for the fontconfig system.

+For example, see ["Software/Fonts/fonts.conf"]. The result is that the user experience is not similar across distributions.

+In addition, there is a significant effort to maintain the configuration file, as it requires input from several language groups.

+

+In this page we will work on providing a generic font configuration file for fontconfig that

+ * includes only FLOSS fonts (if they are not floss, ask kindly if they can re-license)

+ * has adequate coverage for as many languages and scripts as possible

+

+== background ==

+

+Free and open-source fonts are distributed with these community-recognized licenses:

+ * GNU LGPL or GNU GPL [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException with Font exception]

+ * [http://www.gnome.org/fonts Vera-style license]

+ * [http://scripts.sil.org/OFL Open Font License (OFL)]

+ * [http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/chinese-fonts-truetype/LICENSE Arphic]

+

+The [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#Fonts examined the several font licenses] that may be used for free fonts.

+

+[http://www.unifont.org/ Ed Trager's website] on Unicode fonts, Unicode-enabled software, internationalization, and Unicode usability issues.

+

+We really need to recommend a free/libre/open font licensing model which real font designers will actually understand and use!

+

+== links ==

+

+A list of fonts.conf configuration files is maintained at ["Software/Fonts/fonts.conf"].

+Please add new configuration files for distributions that are missing.

+

+The entry on the GNOME wiki: [http://live.gnome.org/fonts http://live.gnome.org/fonts]

+

+The related Ubuntu specs: 

+ * [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpenFonts https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpenFonts]

+ * [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FontManagement https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FontManagement]

+ * [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FontDesignToolkit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FontDesignToolkit]

+

+The Ubuntu font team: https://launchpad.net/people/fonts

+

+== Agenda ==

+

+=== Meeting #1 === 

+

+ 1. discussion on basic issues on fonts; font licenses; 

+ 1. building a list of 'desirable' FLOSS fonts for each language/script; tell us your preference; promote your preference

+ 1. build an 'optimal' fonts.conf file (+ suggest snippets for fonts.d/); LSB common font repository

+ 1. discuss the proposed fontconfig patch for granular font selection, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2006-June/002332.html

+ 1. discuss on writing a patch for fontconfig to disregard glyphs from fonts in a very low level (as if the font did not have those glyphs in the first place)

+

+=== Meeting #2 ===

+

+ 1. discussion on availability of free & open-source fonts for different scripts/languages.

+ 1. discussion on free & open-source font licenses; importance to converge to a common license.

+ 1. consult users from Asia for the local preference of fonts.

+

 === summaries of the discussion ===

 

 Here you can help build a summary of the discussion, highlighting issues that you found interesting. This often helps visitors who cannot devote the time to read the full irc log.

 

-==== by simosx, yosch, add-your-name ====

+Here are the archived discussions ["Software/Fonts/Configuration/Archives"].

+

+==== by simosx, yosch, add-your-name (meeting #1) ====

 

 There was a consensus to get fonts licensed or re-licensed with the Open Font License. This license is specific to fonts and it helps if we standardise to it.