[desktop-discuss] Liberation fonts..

[James Andrewartha]

On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 11:02 -0700, Frank Ludolph wrote:
> We (xDesign) certainly don't have any objections to including them
> based on quality. They have pretty good shapes, however we don't
> support their being used as the defaults. A couple of quick
> observations about the Liberation fonts using "Best Shapes":
>       * Liberation Sans has less contrast than Sans, though it is also
>         more space efficient (narrower)
>       * Liberation Serif is undersized

The current versions don't have hinting - the next release will, it's
due by the end of the year
http://www.press.redhat.com/2007/05/09/liberation-fonts/

What's the default freetype2 hinting setup in opensolaris? 
http://www.beranger.org/index.php?article=2150 is a good reference.
 
James Andrewartha