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* [[:Category:Font wishlist|find]] the best fonts to include, for [[:Category:International fonts| internationalization]] and [[Localization_fonts_requirements| localization]] reasons,
* [[:Category:Font wishlist|find]] the best fonts to include, for [[:Category:International fonts| internationalization]] reasons,
* [[Localization fonts requirements| document]] the preferred fonts for your locale,
* make our fonts better for your script by identifying  problems and [[Fonts_and_text_quality_assurance|proposing]] ameliorations,
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* [[:Category:Fonts_packaging|package]] new fonts and font tools,
* [[:Category:Fonts_packaging|package]] new [[:Category:Font wishlist|fonts]] and font tools,
* [[:Category:In-progress fonts|review]] font packages before Fedora inclusion,
* fix font or text [[Fonts_and_text_quality_assurance| problems]] in applications and libraries,
* fix font or text [[Fonts_and_text_quality_assurance| problems]] in applications and libraries,
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* recruit new SIG members,
* recruit new SIG members,
* [[:Category:Fonts_and_text_QA|get]] font or text problems fixed,
* [[:Category:Fonts_and_text_QA|get]] font or text problems fixed,
* improve the SIG visibility by getting it linked and quoted everywhere,
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* document font creation tasks,  
* document font creation tasks,  
* document free/libre font release best practices,
* document free/libre font release best practices,
* document free/libre font packaging.
* document free/libre font packaging,
* clarify, complete and improve our wiki,
* identify interesting third-party material, and link it here,
* convert wiki information to other document formats.
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Revision as of 09:24, 15 February 2009

A page of the Fonts Special Interest Group

The Fonts Special Interest Group is an informal group of Fedora Linux contributors. It is dedicated to improving fonts availability and text rendering/layouting in the distribution and its other Linux derivatives.

Join us and help:

Fonts SIG activities
Activity OS Developer Translator Content Writer Designer People Person
  • package new fonts and font tools,
  • review font packages before Fedora inclusion,
  • fix font or text problems in applications and libraries,
  • propose good Fedora fonts defaults,
  • identify font or text problems in applications and libraries,
  • improve font package descriptions and summaries to help users choose the right fonts for their needs,
  • convince foundries to release fonts under a free/libre Fedora-friendly license,
  • recruit possible free/libre font authors,
  • recruit new SIG members,
  • get font or text problems fixed,
  • improve the SIG visibility by getting it linked and quoted everywhere,
  • document font creation tasks,
  • document free/libre font release best practices,
  • document free/libre font packaging,
  • clarify, complete and improve our wiki,
  • identify interesting third-party material, and link it here,
  • convert wiki information to other document formats.


Any font or text-related activity can be tackled, as long as the result is free/libre and compatible with the Fedora objectives.

The current SIG task list is published here.


Fonts in Fedora
The Fonts SIG takes loving care of Fedora fonts. Please join this special interest group if you are interested in creating, improving, packaging, or just suggesting a font. Any help will be appreciated.