RE: lug-bg: Pomosht za free fonts ot Bitstream

[yaneti@xxxxxxxxxxx (Yanko Kaneti)]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 22:09, Peter An. Zyumbilev wrote:
> Zdraveite,
> s risk da blesna sas svoiata nekompetetnost kkavo znachenie imat tia 10
> shrifta ?

Òîâà å (ùå áúäå;) ïðîñòî ïúðâaòa ñåðèîçíà ôàìèëèÿ âèñîêîêà÷åñòâåíè,
ñâîáîäíî ðàçïðîñòðàíÿåìè (âêëþ÷èòåëíî è çà êîìåðñèàëíè öåëè), ñâîáîäíè
çà ìîäèôèöèðàíå âåêòîðíè øðèôòîâå ïîêðèâàùè òðèòå îñíîâíè ñåãìåíòà
(serif, sans-serif è monospaced).  

â ãîðíîòî îáúðíè âíèìàíèå ïúðâî íà:-
 - ñâîáîäíè çà ðàçïðîñòðàíåíèå (âêëþ÷èòåëíî è çà êîìåðñèàëíè öåëè) -
òîâà çíàö÷è, ÷å è áàáà òè ìîæå äà ãè âêëþ÷è â ñëåäâàùàòà ñè ñóïåð
õàé-òåõ äèñòðèáóöèÿ áåç äà ïëàùà íèùî íà íèêîé.
 - âèñîêîêà÷åñòâåíè - òîâà âêëþ÷âà âñè÷êè ìàãèè, êîèòî ñà íåîáõîäèìè çà
äà èçãëåæäà åäèí øðèôò äîáðå âúâ âñÿêàêâè ðàçìåðè è ïðè âñÿêàêâà
óïîòðåáà (ïå÷àò, åêðàí) à èìåííî (hintèng, kerning, embedded bitmaps....
äðóãè íåùà çà êîèòî ñè íÿìàì ïðåäñòàâà).

2xxxx-òå áåçïëàòíè øðèôòîâå, êîèòî ñïîìåíàâàø ïî-äîëó íå ñå êëàñèðàò èëè
ïî åäíàòà êàòåãîðèÿ, èëè ïî äðóãàòà èëè è ïî-äâåòå çàåäíî.

Áëàãîäàðÿ íà Øîïîâ, ÷å ïðúâ å ðåàãèðàë è å çàäàë äèðåêòíî áîëíèÿ çà íàñ
âúïðîñ çà êèðèëèöàòà :)  Îòãîâîðà å ìåêî êàçàíî óêëîí÷èâ, íî âñå ïàê
âäúõâà íÿêàêúâà ìèíèìàëíà íàäåæäà. 
Ùå ñå ðàäâàì àêî íÿêîè ïî-äîáðå çàïîçíàò ñ ïðàâíàòà ñòðàíà íà âúïðîñà
êîìåíòèðà ïîëîæåíèåòî ñ àâòîðñêîòî ïðàâî âúðõó øðèôòîâå íà íàøà è
åâåíòóàëíî íà ðóñêà, ñðúáñêà, ìàêåäîíñêà è ìîíãîëñêà ïî÷âè ;) 

Ïîçäðàâè
ßíêî

> Ima site-ove s primerno 2000 bezplatni TTF fonta..za kakav diavol triabva da
> se balgodari  za tia celi 10 shrifta ?
> Kogato moga da otida savsme legalno da si savlia 1000 takiva ??????????????
> 
> Peter Zyumbilev
> Web Developer & Administrator
> BIVOL BULGARIA
> email: bivol@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:bivol@xxxxxxxxx>
> web: http://www.bivol.net <http://www.bivol.net>
> tel.: +359 88 966940
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lug-bg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-lug-bg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alexander Shopov
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:02 PM
> To: lug-bg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: lug-bg: Pomosht za free fonts ot Bitstream
> 
> 
> Zdraveite,
> Ako ne ste nauchili Bitstream shte predostaviat 10
> visoko
> kachestveni shrifta s free licenz na Gnome foundation
> (a sledovatelno i na vsichki free proekti - KDE, i
> vsichki drugi)
> Pres releasa e tuk:
> http://www.gnome.org/pr-bitstreamfonts.html
> Saobshtenieto e tuk:
> http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=877&mode=thread&order=0&thold=1
> Po-dolu prikachvam moia dialog s predstavitelia na
> kompaniata Bob Thomas - Director of Product Management
> Vseki koito iska da vzeme i da napishe pismo do nego,
> v koeto:
> 1. Da blagodari na kompaniata za vse oshte ochakvania
> podarak.
> 2. Da kazhe kolko e veliko tova i kak se nadiava
> shriftovete da sadarzhat i kirilica i kak tova shte
> pomoge na free softuera i osobeno mnogo shte vdigne
> ocenkata za Bitstream va kirilskia pazar. Strashna
> reklama i t.n.
> 
> **DA NIAMA PROSTOTII OT VIDA:**!!!!
> 1. Shto gi daate na Gnome, a ne na KDE, ili neshto
> drugo - dadat li gi na Gnome foundation davat gi na
> vsichki;
> 2. Ako ne napraite kirilica niama da va obicham
> poveche
> taka ili inache podarakat e goliam dori i da ne
> sadarzha kirilica
> 3. Ma da ne ni dadete naj-smotanite shriftove -
> pone previewto koeto vidiah sa si super shriftovete
> 4. Shto samo 10. Ako imame dobri zamestiteli na Arial
> Times New Roman i Courier New - napravo letim za
> Lunata.
> 
> Badete uchtivi, dobrozhelatelni i ne postaviaite
> ultimatumi - prosto pokazhete kolko mnogo se nuzhdaem
> ot hubavi free shriftove i kolko shte sme im
> zadalzheni ako gi napraviat.
> I ne si mislete che da praish shriftove e lesno - NE
> E!
> al_shopov
> 
> Dear Alexander,
> 
> Thank you for your kind words. We think this will give
> all users and
> developers in the Linux community a font solution
> right out of the box. I
> hope you soon get a chance to use our Bitstream Vera
> font family ! Stay
> tuned to GNOME to see which version our fonts will be
> released in. I
> think they will be in GNOME v2.3.
> 
> We at Bitstream are trying to work with the GNOME
> Foundation to provide
> a small set of WGL4 fonts. WGL4 fonts include Cyrillic
> characters.
> However, this is all in early development right now,
> and nothing has been
> set in stone. So it would be wrong for me to say, Yes,
> we plan to
> provide WGL4 character set support, including Cyrillic
> support.
> 
> Please stay tuned for further developments. Our goal
> is to help GNOME
> and the open source community as much as possible.
> 
> Kind regards,
> -Bob Thomas
> Bitstream Inc.
> 
> 
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: Alexander Shopov [mailto:al_shopov@xxxxxxxxx]
> 	Sent: Thu 1/23/2003 5:34 AM
> 	To: Bob Thomas
> 	Cc:
> 	Subject: Cyrillic in Free Fonts
> 
> 
> 
> 	Dear Mr. Thomas,
> 	First I would like to thank you for yor wonderful
> gift
> 	to
> 	the free software community - the free fonts you are
> 	to
> 	release.
> 	I am in no doubt that they will be of the high
> quality
> 	your company has provided up till now.
> 	As I am a developer that takes special interest in
> 	making software work for my country - Bulgaria,
> 	I am very interested whether your fonts will include
> 	the glyphs of temporary Cyrillic alphabet. This is
> 	very important not only to me and may rather small
> 	coutrybut to big countries and the numerous users in
> 	Russia too.
> 	I would very much like a second press release stating
> 	the
> 	included alphabets - Latin, Greek, Cyrillic etc.
> 	Whether they ionclude my aplhabet or not - you still
> 	are making a very big gift.
> 	Thanx a lot.
> 	Best regards:
> 	Alexander Shopov

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