Alexios Zavras wrote [edited]:
> Epistrefw thn Pempth, opote tha grapsw ektenestera meta...
I'm back!
Gia to thema fonts kai genika typografias kai sxediasmoy sto Linux,
exw kala nea, kaka nea kai anhsyxhtika nea.
Ta kala nea: isws katalhksoyme me poly perissotera ap'o,ti fantazomastan.
Idiws gia thn ekpaideysh. Leptomereies akoma den mporw na anakoinwsw,
alla h paraklhsh "afhste tipota grammatoseires eleytheres gia periballon
Linux sthn ekpaideysh" eisakoysthke me endiaferon (apo polloys), kai
einai poly pithanon na apoferei (polloys) karpoys. Entypwsiako!
Ta kaka nea: [don't worry, den einai toso kaka] apo tis treis prospatheies
poy eixame ksekinhsei gia thn paragwgh newn eleytherwn grammatoseirwn,
h mia exei kollhsei se dioikhtiko epipedo, alla kai (mazi
me th deyterh) kathysterei logw fortoy ergasias twn emplekomenwn.
Eytyxws h trith ksafnika proxwrhse poly kai apaiteitai twra pia
mia grafeiokratikh katalhksh. Stay tuned...
Ta anhsyxhtika nea: to mellon ths pshfiakhs typografias se periballon
Microsoft Windows (pros to paron code-named Longhorn) diafainetai
entypwsiako. Toso apo apopsh ypodomhs (ti prosferei to systhma),
oso kai apo pleyras resources (sygkekrimena fonts). Den exw
tis shmeiwseis moy mazi moy, alla gia fonts:
- polla nea fonts, ola opentype, ola cleartype
- polla glyphs -- ellhnika (kai polytonika!) profanws mesa
- eidika features opentype (siga-siga tha erthoyn kai ta apps)
- nea core fonts (epiteloys!)
+ eidiko license gia ta fonts (EULA), antistoixo me software:
pairneis "right to use" to font sto computer (kai se printer),
opote einai pia paramono na to metafereis alloy.
Ayto egine *eidika* gia na antimetwpistei to Linux (den to kryboyn).
Me dyo logia, afhnoyn to xameno paixnidi twn "webfonts"
(Verdana, Georgia, klp.) kai proxwrane se alla. Kai
dystyxws ekei h diafora tha fanei... Fantasteite se dyo xronia
oloi se PCs me windows na ftiaxnoyn keimena me FontA/FontB
kai sto Linux na mhn yparxei tipota paromoio. Bleak future...
Giayto (kata th gnwmh moy, bebaia) prepei na ginei sobarh prospatheia
na ftiaxtei toso eleytherh ypodomh (programmata) oso kai resources (fonts).
Ante, na kleisw me alla kala nea:
proetoimazomenos gia thn paroysiash moy (sxetikh me open-source)
eksetasa ti yparxei diathesimo apo sxetiko software. Emeina
entypwsiasmenos: ekei poy nomiza oti mono Gimp kai TeX exoyme,
brethhkan polla sxetika. Oxi ola kataplhktika, alla ekselissontai
kai siga-siga kalyptoyn oles tis anagkes.
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