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= Communication =
= Communication =
== Mailing lists ==


{{:Fonts_SIG_mailing_lists}}
{{:Fonts_SIG_mailing_lists}}
== IRC ==


We do not have a dedicated [[Communicate/IRCHowTo| IRC]]  channel right now; the general low-traffic ##fonts channel on irc.freenode.net should be used instead. It is shared by all the FLOSS font groups and is distribution-agnostic.
We do not have a dedicated [[Communicate/IRCHowTo| IRC]]  channel right now; the general low-traffic ##fonts channel on irc.freenode.net should be used instead. It is shared by all the FLOSS font groups and is distribution-agnostic.
= External references =
* The freedesktop.org [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/TextLayout text layout]  working group regularly publishes materials on present and future state of text rendering on FLOSS desktops. They're all a must-read.
* Ed Trager maintains the very complete [http://unifont.org/ unifont] web site.
* The [http://www.openfontlibrary.org/ Open Font Library] is an effort to host open fonts, though all may not be free enough for Fedora.
* Other distributions have fonts packaging projects, notably [http://pkg-fonts.alioth.debian.org/ Debian]  and [https://launchpad.net/~fonts Ubuntu].


[[Category:Packaging SIGs]]
[[Category:Packaging SIGs]]

Revision as of 08:21, 24 June 2008

Fedora Fonts
Fedora Fonts

The Fonts SIG could have been named the Text or Typography SIG. While fonts are a large part of what we do, our actual scope is larger.


🔗 Activities

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.

🔗 Joining

Follow the steps listed on this page, and you'll be fine.

🔗 Communication

Fonts SIG mailing lists
Mailing list name Intended use Web archives
Source Gmane MarkMail The mail archive
fonts
  • Main SIG coordination channel, for human discussions.
  • Post your questions and proposals there.
Archives Archives Feed-icon-14x14.png Archives Archives
fonts-bugs
  • Automated tracking of font and text issues.
  • Consult it to follow new problem reports and fixes, CC it in issue trackers.
  • Read only archiving list:
    • do not post messages there, use the other list
    • you can follow this archive via digests, internet archives, etc
Archives Archives Feed-icon-14x14.png Archives Archives


We do not have a dedicated IRC channel right now; the general low-traffic ##fonts channel on irc.freenode.net should be used instead. It is shared by all the FLOSS font groups and is distribution-agnostic.