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#46 Post by maik.murks »

Hi all. 

Here is another candidate for the fonts pool. 

The name of this font: LuckiestGuy 
Character set: At least a full featured latin characterset - as far as I know 

Cheers  :wink:


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#47 Post by maik.murks »

Hi all. 

Here is another candidate for the fonts pool. 

The name of this font: Neucha 
Character set: At least a full featured latin characterset - as far as I know 

Cheers  :wink:


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#48 Post by dejan555 »

Hi maik.murks, this is good idea for a thread, I just have question about fonts licensing, I scanned through rules and your first posts, but didn't see anywhere or in attached zips/descriptions where you get these fonts from and if they're just freeware or some open font license. I guess it's ok to share them but not sure if it would be ok to put them in puplets and such?

Here's a good font pack put together by pa_mcclamrock:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=37847
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#49 Post by Geoffrey »

There are over 6000 free true type fonts here http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fo ... #FreeFonts

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#50 Post by dejan555 »

Yeah there are free fonts all over the web for download, just remember that "free for personal use" and free as in open source could have different meanings. Most of those free fonts are perfectly legal to download, install on your system, use in your documents, but for redistribution and including in puplets and such would require specific license GPL/OpenFont or else I guess.
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#51 Post by Geoffrey »

dejan555 wrote:Yeah there are free fonts all over the web for download, just remember that "free for personal use" and free as in open source could have different meanings. Most of those free fonts are perfectly legal to download, install on your system, use in your documents, but for redistribution and including in puplets and such would require specific license GPL/OpenFont or else I guess.
I wouldn't think that anyone would want to adds bucket loads of fonts to a distro, I only use a couple of them that are already in puppy,
maybe just the posting of links to online sources would be more appropriate, like in my previous post.

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#52 Post by wuwei »

Brilliant idea mike

and thanks for the huge amount of work during the past couple of weeks.

I have downloaded a few of them and will use them as I go along.
When placed in that folder /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF they become available not only in Abiword but in Thunderbird and OO, as well.

Great job!

Just out of curiosity: maik.murks?
Are you German or do you speak German?

If not, then be warned :) "Murks machen" in German means "to botch things up" in English. So far it doesn't look like it! :D

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#53 Post by Geoffrey »

wuwei wrote:Brilliant idea mike

and thanks for the huge amount of work during the past couple of weeks.

I have downloaded a few of them and will use them as I go along.
When placed in that folder /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF they become available not only in Abiword but in Thunderbird and OO, as well.

Great job!

Just out of curiosity: maik.murks?
Are you German or do you speak German?

If not, then be warned :) "Murks machen" in German means "to botch things up" in English. So far it doesn't look like it! :D
Another way to add the fonts is to make a hidden folder /root/.fonts and place them in it, that works also.

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#54 Post by maik.murks »

dejan555 wrote:Hi maik.murks, this is good idea for a thread, I just have question about fonts licensing, I scanned through rules and your first posts, but didn't see anywhere or in attached zips/descriptions where you get these fonts from and if they're just freeware or some open font license. I guess it's ok to share them but not sure if it would be ok to put them in puplets and such?

Here's a good font pack put together by pa_mcclamrock:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=37847

Hi dejan555.

I‘m very pleased that you like this thread :D

Yes, you‘re right, there is nothing I‘ve written about licenses so far. I‘ve forgotten it as I know that the fonts I‘ve posted here are licensed under open source licenses as far as I know. So, I do it now:

All fonts I've posted here should be licensed under open source licenses. In particular these licenses are the following as far as I know.

SIL Open Font License (V1.1) http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Apache License (V2.0) http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

No font I've posted here is a ‚payware' font.

The only font, that is something special is the first font, which I've found somewhere while stumbling through the internet as you can read here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 451#525451 and here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 046#526046. But nevertheless, this font is no ‚payware‘ font.

Hope that helps.

And thanks for the link to the thread the with the font pack. I like to write a little more detailed answer about this - but in another different and later posting - hope that is OK for you.

Cheers :wink:


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#55 Post by maik.murks »

Geoffrey wrote:Another way to add the fonts is to make a hidden folder /root/.fonts and place them in it, that works also.

Hi Geoffrey.

Yes, you‘re right, the way you described - make a hidden directory in /root named .fonts and put the fonts into that directory - is correct. But the main central system directory for TTF fonts in all puppies seems to be /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF in the case you like to have a system-wide availability for your fonts.

But there is another thing. There is no need to really put (means copy or move) the fonts into the fonts directory. It is enough to put a link of the font into the font directory. This method has the charm that you can organize your fonts where you want and how you want to do it. And this method makes some sense if you like to have still an overview of your fonts even if you have more than 20 fonts installed - or more than 50 - or more than 100 - or more than 300 - or more than...

Perhaps it would be a good idea to collect all the different ways in the fourth posting of this thread.

For your earlier postings I like to give you a little more detailed answer, too - probably together with the more detailed one to dejan555 - hope that is OK for you.

Cheers :wink:


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#56 Post by dejan555 »

Thanks, enough detailed for me :)
puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored [url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Mb589v0iCXNnhSZWRwd3R2UWs]HERE[/url] or [url=http://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_puppy.b0x.me_mirror]HERE[/url]

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#57 Post by maik.murks »

Hi all. 

Here is another candidate for the fonts pool. 

The name of this font: Vibur-Regular 
Character set: At least a full featured latin characterset - as far as I know 

Cheers  :wink:


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#58 Post by maik.murks »

Hi all. 

Here is another candidate for the fonts pool. 

The name of this font: SixCaps 
Character set: At least a full featured latin characterset - as far as I know 

Cheers  :wink:


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#59 Post by maik.murks »

Hi all. 

Here is another candidate for the fonts pool. 

The name of this font: Smythe-Regular 
Character set: At least a full featured latin characterset - as far as I know 

Cheers  :wink:


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#60 Post by maik.murks »

Hi all. 

Here is another candidate for the fonts pool. 

The name of this font: Mako-Regular
Character set: At least a full featured latin characterset - as far as I know 

Cheers  :wink:


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#61 Post by maik.murks »

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The 'magic sentence' and other ones
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The 'magic sentence' described here and used in every font posting so far is rather a test sentence than a magic sentence. But this sentence has some magic inside. The magic is that this sentence uses every character of the alphabet at least one time.

Sentences which uses once at least every character of the alphabet a language is based on are called ‚pangrams‘. Since there are existing different languages you can find several different pangrams, too. The mostly well known and famous pangram is: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pangrams are often used for testing in the communications engineering and in the data communication and transmitting. And they are often used to check out if a font really includes all the characters you need if you decide to use this font. Moreover, sentences like these are showing the look of a font in a very much better way than for example this here ‚abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz‘. Simply because ‚The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog‘ has pretty much more to do with the reality of using a font than ‚abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz‘. So, pangrams are very good for testing fonts.
And by the way, if you read a pangram the contents of this sentence mostly doesn‘t make much sense - only the presence of all characters of the alphabet in only one sentence.

And there we are. Different languages - different needs when using a font - different pangrams (and other sentences similar to pangrams).

Here comes a small starting list of pangrams (and similar sentences) in different languages for use as a test for fonts you like to use. And I hope this list will grow. So, if you know another pangram or similar magic sentence, which should be part of the list beyond, please be so kind and post this sentence (inclusiv a translation into english in case you post a sentence in a foreign language) in this thread. And I‘ll add your sentence to our list pangrams and other magic sentences.


Pangrams and other magic sentences
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English:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
(Characteristics of this text: It‘s a pangram, the worlds famous one, all characters in one sentence)

Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
(Characteristics of this text: Another english pangram, not as famous as the first one)

German:

Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich.
(Characteristics of this text: Most famous german pangram with all characters inclusiv the german special ones)
(Attempt of an translation: Twelve boxers are chasing Viktor across over the big dyke of Sylt.)

Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern.
(Characteristics of this text: Most famous german pangram with all characters without the german special ones)
(Attempt of an translation: Franz speeds across Bavaria in a completely shabby taxi.)

Polish:

Mężny bądź, chroń pułk twój i sześć flag.
(Characteristics of this text: Polish pangram with all 32 characters of the polish alphabet inclusiv the polish special ones)
(Attempt of an translation: Be brave, protect your regiment and the six flags.)

Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig.
(Characteristics of this text: Another polish pangram with all characters of the polish alphabet inclusiv the special ones)
(Attempt of an translation: Push a hedgehog into the boat or eight boxes of figs.)

Zażółć gęślą jaźń.
(Characteristics of this text: Not a real pangram but the shortest polish text including all polish special characters)
(Attempt of an translation: Yellowing the self with a lute.)

French:

Voyez le brick géant que j’examine près du wharf.
(Characteristics of this text: Mostly used french test text)
(Attempt of an translation: Look, the giant brig that I‘m exploring in the near of the quay.)

Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
(Characteristics of this text: Another often used french test text)
(Attempt of an translation: Carry this old whisky to the blond smoking judge.)

Russian:

Съешь ещё
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#62 Post by maik.murks »

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Something about licenses
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All fonts I've posted here so far should be generally licensed under open source licenses. In particular these licenses are the following as far as I know.

SIL Open Font License (V1.1) http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Apache License (V2.0) http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

No font I've posted here is a ‚payware' font.

The only font, that is something special is the first font, which I've found somewhere while stumbling through the internet as you can read here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 451#525451 and here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 046#526046. But nevertheless, this font is no ‚payware‘ font.

Moreover, if I have no idea for example, on which kind of license structure a particular font is based on, then you should find an appropriate remark or a note in the relating posting of the particular font.

From time to time and/or if it is necessary this posting will be updated/expanded/extended/upgraded or something like that.

That's it for now.

Cheers :wink:


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#63 Post by maik.murks »

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Some more informations if they are comming
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Optional tools dealing with fonts
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In addition to the 4th posting on page 1 (Some Simple Tools If Needed) here is a list for optional tools dealing with fonts. All of these tools are rather small than big, but all of these tools need some additional thingy installed to make them usable.

Opcion: Opcion is a tool for viewing fonts, but not only for fonts being installed. Opcion is also able to show the fonts of a CD for example or the fonts copied to your USB stick as another example. Opcion needs Java to work. For more informations about Opcion and for download klick here.

FontBrowser: FontBrowser is an online fonts viewer showing you the fonts installed on your system only. You can make FontBrowser to be an offline tool by saveing the FontBrowser page somewere to your system. The only file needed for showing your fonts offline is the .swf file. FontBrowser needs Flash to work. For more informations about FontBrowser and for download klick here.

Fontasia: Fontasia is a tool showing you the fonts installed on your system on one hand. On the other hand lets Fontasia you manually categorize your installed fonts in named groups. It‘s up to you to name your font groups as you like. Fontasia needs Python to work. For more informations about Fontasia and for download klick here.

Pfont2: Pfont2 is a small tool made by vovchik. Pfont2 shows you the fonts being installed on your system, if you like. Furthermore Pfont2 is able to show you fonts being not installed yet via a preview button. Moreover, if you feel not be able to put fonts into the sytem directory for fonts of your Puppy as described here (Topic --> How to install Truetype fonts into your Puppy) for example, Pfont2 supports you with an own install button. For more informations about Pfont2 and for download klick here. (K0708)

This list will be expanded if it is advisable.

That's it for now.

Cheers :wink:


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#64 Post by maik.murks »

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Links of fonts collections posted here in this thread
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Since one of the intentions of this thread is to share some useful fonts one by one in a special manner as mentioned here and here and there, there is not much free space to deal with fonts collections within this thread.

Well, in fact this is my thread, but this thread is not for me - it‘s for you - for all of you. You should find this thread usable. However, it seems to be that there is some interest in fonts collections. And because of that, I think it could be a good idea, to spend some space for fonts collections. So, if someone posts direct links to useful fonts collections, I‘ll collect these links and put them all together in this place. And please post direct links only, because indirect links such as to another posting of one of these forums, which points to another posting and so on and so forth - as those indirect links will be ignored. Thank you for your understanding.

Since I don‘t know which kind of licensing is the basis for dealing with the fonts of the fonts collections that you can probably get via the links above, you have to find it out by yourself - if you like.

So, here is some space left for some fonts collections in form of a list of links with reference to the original poster within this thread.

That's it for now.

Cheers :wink:


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The fonts collections
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### http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fo ... #FreeFonts ### Thanks to the poster for providing this link here for the 1st time in this thread. ###

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#65 Post by maik.murks »

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Links of fonts packs posted here in this thread
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Since one of the intentions of this thread is to share some useful fonts one by one in a special manner as mentioned here and here and there, there is not much free space to deal with fonts packages within this thread.

Well, in fact this is my thread, but this thread is not for me - it‘s for you - for all of you. You should find this thread usable. However, it seems to be that there is some interest in fonts packages. And because of that, I think it could be a good idea, to spend some space for fonts packages. So, if someone posts direct links to useful fonts packages, I‘ll collect these links and put them all together in this place. And please post direct links only, because indirect links such as to another posting of one of these forums, which points to another posting and so on and so forth - as those indirect links will be ignored. Thank you for your understanding.

Since I don‘t know which kind of licensing is the basis for dealing with the fonts of the fonts packages that you can probably get via the links above, you have to find it out by yourself - if you like.

So, here is some space left for some fonts packages in form of a list of links with reference to the original poster within this thread.

That's it for now.

Cheers :wink:


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