mipws voithaei to paron mail toy Zavra ?
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OK, mia poy to eixa analabei, idoy ena update gia thn katastash
me ta fonts gia na mporoyme na blepoyme Ellhnika sto periballon mas.
Milaw gia *nomimo* tropo, poy mporoyme na efarmosoyme se panellhnia
klimaka (gia ola ta sxoleia) -- alliws einai too easy :-)
Grafw xyma merika facts (mallon me th xronologikh seira poy ta brhka):
- Poythena den brhka "free" (as in free speech/software) fonts.
- H Microsoft moirazei dwrean polla apo ta fonts ta opoia aneptykse
(h akribestera, plhrwse sxediastes gia na ths ftiaskoyn kai exei
ta dikaiwmata). Mporei na ta katebasei kaneis apo to:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm
Dystyxws (a) apagoreyetai h enswmatwsh toys se CDROMs, klp.,
kai (b) apagoreytetai h allagh toy format toys, poy einai .EXE
(Windows executable). Etsi, an exeis Windows (h Macintosh),
ta bazeis eykola, alliws... dyskola ews adynata.
[Prospathw na brw ena tropo na ftasoyme sta fonts nomima,
alla akoma den exw bgalei apotelesma. Anamenete newtera.]
Fysika h poiothta twn fonts aytwn (gia Ellhnika) einai...
kymainomenh (as mhn th sxoliasw ektenestera edw).
- H Sun, gia to StarOffice, exei kanei license merika fonts
apo thn Agfa-Monotype (palia Monotype, fysika), kai exei
to dikaiwma na ta moirazei. Ayta einai ta Albany (sans-serif),
Thorndale (serif) kai Cumberland (monospace). Ayta exoyn
sxediastei wste na exoyn ta akribh metrics twn Arial,
Times New Roman kai Courier antistoixa. Den ta exw melethsei
(oyte kan dei, gia thn akribeia).
- To OpenOffice den exei license gia fonts.
OK, merika apotelesmata energeiwn moy:
[boleyei na exeis epafes me toys pio diashmoys type designers :-)]
- H Rosemary Sassoon etoimazei auton ton kairo ellhnika.
Isws kati mporei na ginei. Den kserw an tha dextei teleiws tsampa,
alla sigoyra me (poly) liga lefta tha mas ta dwsei.
Auth h oikogeneia bebaia tha einai kalyterh gia prwtobathmia
ekpaideysh (opws kai oi alles ths), alla apo to olotela...
- O Victor Gaultney, poy doyleyei sto SIL International, ayton
ton kairo teleiwnei mia ektetamenh grammatoseira gia ekpaideutikes
ekdoseis. To Latiniko kommati ths phre kai brabeio
sto diagwnismo buvka:raz! to Dekembrio 2001. Exei hdh
arxisei na prosthetei kai ta Ellhnika. Symfwnhse, loipon,
na th diathesei dwrean gia ola ta sxoleia ths xwras !
Opote twra eimaste se synennohseis gia formats, character sets,
encodings, kai ola ta ypoloipa "texnika" kommatia.
- Kai fysika perimenw apanthseis apo enw swro alloys poy "enoxlhsa".
Tha sas krataw enhmeroys gia peraiterw ekselikseis.
Opoiesdhpote parathrhseis/diorthwseis/klp. eyprosdektes...
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