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Lite Fonts
Jerry:
I'm fully cognisant of the situation with MS fonts, many OS's bundle things like flash and java, other proprietary software in their OS and noone bothers with them because the linux only has 1% of the Desktop market. You can imagine what infinitesimal fraction LL is of that 1% :)
anon222:
Microsoft is going to shut down Linux Lite if lite-fonts are embeded into an os.
I remembered why Ubuntu didn't add them. So I googled a bit and found several threads on this.
I'm just going to paste what I found because I don't like typing on the phone. :)
"msttcorefonts is considered globally legal for installation because the license for the fonts allow them to be installed and by omission, installed on non-Windows operating systems, without a Windows license.
In short: It's not a case of copyright law because Microsoft allows the redistribution of the font installers and it allows users to install the fonts (regardless of OS).
It does not allow for redistribution of the TTF font files on their own, so, for example, it would not allow for a distribution like Ubuntu to include them by default.
Sidebar: The newer (Vista-era) fonts like Consolas, Segoe, Cambria, Candara have explicit "only for Windows" junk in their licenses, but these fonts aren't included in msttcorefonts so that doesn't matter."
Jerry:
From a fresh install with lite-fonts added, this will be the fonts available:
--- Code: ---Andale Mono
Arial
Arial Black
Arial Narrow
Arial Unicode
Bitstream Charter
Book Antiqua
Calibri
Cambria
Candara
Century Schoolbook L
Comic Sans
Consolas
Constantia
Corbel
Courier
Courier New
DejaVu Sans
Dingbats
Droid Sans
Franklin Gothic Medium
FreeMono
FreeSans
Garamond
Georgia
Gothic Medium
Impact
Liberation Mono
Liberation Sans
Liberation Sans
Liberation Sans Narrow
Liberation Serif
Lucida Console
Lucida Sans
Lucida Sans Unicode
MS Reference Sans Serif
Nimbus Mono L
Nimbus Roman No9 L
Nimbus Sans L
Noto Sans
Noto Serif
OpenSymbol
Standard Symbols L
Symbol
Tahoma
Times New Roman
Trebuchet
URW Bookman L
URW Chancery L
URW Gothic L
URW Palladio L
Verdana
Webdings
--- End code ---
Scott:
A couple people asked me exactly what fonts the lite-fonts package contains so I thought I'd share the information with the forum. Happy New Year to all!
--- Code: ---scott@laptop:~/Downloads$ dpkg -c lite-fonts_1.0-0010-linuxlite_all.deb
drwxrwxr-x jerry/jerry 0 2014-12-31 09:58 ./
drwxrwxr-x jerry/jerry 0 2014-12-31 09:43 ./usr/
drwxrwxr-x jerry/jerry 0 2014-12-31 09:43 ./usr/share/
drwxrwxr-x jerry/jerry 0 2014-12-31 09:43 ./usr/share/fonts/
drwxrwxr-x jerry/jerry 0 2014-12-31 09:43 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/
drwxrwxr-x jerry/jerry 0 2014-12-31 09:58 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/
-rw------- jerry/jerry 98520 2005-12-18 15:27 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/consola.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 151000 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ANTQUAB.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 155528 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/BKANT.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 141408 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ARIALNI.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 135984 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/framd.ttf
-rwxr-x--- jerry/jerry 190044 2014-09-17 20:20 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/DroidSans.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 11560 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/LICENSE.txt
-rw------- jerry/jerry 306000 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/constani.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 115068 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/lucon.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 59636 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/lsansi.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 370884 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSerif-Bold.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 210788 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/corbelb.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 188988 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/GARAIT.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 415132 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSans-Bold.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 138568 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ARIALNBI.TTF
-rw------- jerry/jerry 352736 2006-09-10 17:12 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/calibri.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 110268 2005-12-18 15:27 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/consolaz.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 104144 2005-12-18 15:27 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/consolai.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 152844 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/framdit.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 355680 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/tahomabd.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 161644 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/candara.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 205016 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/corbel.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 362524 2006-09-10 17:12 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/calibrii.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 383804 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/tahoma.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 60664 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/lsansdi.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 317724 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/constanb.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 54320 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/lsansd.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 100436 2005-12-18 15:27 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/consolab.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 1090456 2006-09-26 02:12 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/cambria.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 367620 2006-09-10 17:12 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/calibriz.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 336812 2006-08-08 19:14 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/cambriai.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 196616 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/GARA.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 198604 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/GARABD.TTF
-rw------- jerry/jerry 331916 2006-09-26 02:12 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/cambriab.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 326024 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/cambriaz.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 279268 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSans-Italic.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 139128 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ARIALNB.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 333656 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 350668 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSerif-Regular.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 313880 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/constan.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 165928 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/candaraz.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 220172 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/REFSAN.TTF
-rw------- jerry/jerry 209852 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/corbeli.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 58740 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/lsans.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 323980 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/l_10646.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 290436 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSans-BoldItalic.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 150416 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ANTQUABI.TTF
-rw------- jerry/jerry 167764 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/candarai.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 134200 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ARIALN.TTF
-rw------- jerry/jerry 217308 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/corbelz.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 164904 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/candarab.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 149092 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ANTQUAI.TTF
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 23275812 2014-12-31 09:23 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/ARIALUNI.TTF
-rw------- jerry/jerry 351544 2006-09-10 17:12 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/calibrib.ttf
-rw------- jerry/jerry 313044 2006-08-08 19:13 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/constanz.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 414820 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSans-Regular.ttf
-rw-rw-r-- jerry/jerry 323188 2014-12-30 12:57 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/NotoSerif-Italic.ttf
-rwxr-x--- jerry/jerry 191032 2014-09-17 20:20 ./usr/share/fonts/truetype/litefonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
--- End code ---
Scott:
Thanks, Jerry and Happy New Year!
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