I couldent go to IRC since Im disconnected at home so my vote is for
"Sacramento"
Also maybe inkscape-user mailing list welcome this mail.
Finaly, any option use the same font as INKSCAPE text in for example
lowercase?
Great selection page!
All the best, Jabier.
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On mar, 2015-09-15 at 14:39 +0100, C R wrote:
> TLDR: We are voting on an Open Font replacement for the "Draw Freely"
> Tagline. Jump down to the link and click it to see what the options
> are.
>
>
> Since the feedback so far has been good on the user tutorial thread,
> I'd like to reach everyone I can to make this decision, in case not
> everyone is paying attention to the video tutorial stuff, so here's
> another opportunity to vote!
>
>
> In short: we'd like to replace the "Draw Freely" tagline with a font
> which we will use as an official font for the Inkscape project. The
> main reason for this is that the currently used font is proprietary,
> and the general consensus (via mailing list and #inkscape) is that
> we'd like to replace it with an open alternative.
>
>
> Reasons for this are:
>
>
> 1. We can not change the font - Thus, we are unable to add extra
> character support for other languages.
> 2. We can not use the font elsewhere without paying more license fees,
> and we would like to be able to use the same font on the website, in
> tutorial videos, and other user documentation.
> 3. We can not distribute the font with Inkscape materials without
> paying license fees.
> 4. Our users can't use the font in their own materials without paying
> license fees.
> 5. Open fonts rock, in all the same ways that Open Source software
> rocks, and contributes to creative freedom, which is in line with the
> project's creedo "Draw Freely".
>
>
> Thus, I have pillaged Google's collection of fonts which are composed
> of fonts with the SIL Open Font license, and Apache Licenses, pulling
> out all the ones that looked scripty/handwritten. I have written a
> page that allows a preview of each of them along with the Inkscape
> logo here:
>
> http://www.opendesignstudio.org/inkscape/samples/draw_freely_font_list.html
>
>
>
> Use keyboard arrow-keys (left and right) to scroll through the fonts,
> and (up and down) keys to enlarge or decrease the font size to your
> liking (you can also click a link out of the list on the left to jump
> to your at-a-glance favs).
>
>
> To vote on your favourites, just reply to this email with the font
> name(s), number(s), and/or a copy of the share link at the bottom of
> the page.
> If you've already voted, you don't need to again. :)
>
>
> Cheers.
> -C
>
>
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