[Pkg-fonts-devel] RFC: Getting linux-libertine modernized

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Mon Oct 10 15:12:32 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 04:55:40PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Am 10.10.2011 16:28, schrieb Rogério Brito:
> >I could try to contact them, but I would feel ashamed to ask them "Hey,
> >would you change the name of your font? It doesn't feel good having a font
> >named Linux foo that is able to be used on systems kernels other than Linux,
> >you know?". I lack this courage.
> 
> Why not? It's a reasonable request!

No it is not. I, for one, don't like people asking me to rename my fonts
(and it actually happened) it feels a bit insulting; "You don't seem to
know how to choose a proper name for your work, here is a better one."

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
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