Hi, On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 08:45:57AM +0900, Soon-Son Kwon wrote: > I think font is something like picture or novel which does > not need to be freely modified. The font designers won't like > that though some will. I remember that in the current xorg > distribution, modifiable/non-modifiable fonts are mixed. I agree that the designers won't like it, but I disagree that fonts need not be freely modified. I can see a couple of reasons why free fonts should be freely modifiable like free software: 1. to correct bugs in the font (e.g., wrong character in a CJK font), and 2. to make other relatively easy improvements (e.g., by merging a Big5 and a GB font to improve the Unicode coverage) >From a sort-of user point of view, it would be fine enough if the designers can be contacted (so the improvements can be sent), but I have run into fonts where I don't know who the designer is. Cheers, -- Ambrose LI Cheuk-Wing <a.c.li@xxxxxxxx> http://ada.dhs.org/~acli/
