Hello, On Fri, Aug 06, 2004, Ambrose Li wrote: > 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 We had released Dr. Wang's Chinese GNU GPL TrueType fonts recently, ftp://cle.linux.org.tw/pub2/fonts/wangfonts ftp://ftp.tnc.edu.tw/pub/freefont/wangnew/ http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/wangfonts/ > 2. to make other relatively easy improvements (e.g., by merging > a Big5 and a GB font to improve the Unicode coverage) FireFly had released Arphic New Sung too(Arphic PL, GPL-like), http://www.study-area.org/apt/firefly-font/ AR PL New Sung = AR PL Mingti2L Big5 + AR PL SungtiL GB > >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, > Edward
