Bug 284021 - Use Inconsolata for monospace terminal font
Summary: Use Inconsolata for monospace terminal font
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Bill Nottingham
URL: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/in...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-09-09 15:16 UTC by Steven Garrity
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:08 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2007-09-10 17:51:38 UTC
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Description Steven Garrity 2007-09-09 15:16:27 UTC
The free/open (Open Font License) console/programming font Inconsolata is
turning out to be a great font for programming and terminal work (best I've used
so far, including some of the Windows Vista and OS X fonts).

As it is free/open, I would propose it be included as the default monospace font
in Fedora. If it's not the default, I'd at least like to see it included.

Details here: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

Comment 1 Will Woods 2007-09-09 16:39:58 UTC
Having it used as the default monospace font is unlikely, unless it has glyphs
for most of unicode. 

On the other hand, I agree that it's a really nice font and I'd love to have it
available by default. A first step would be to package it for inclusion in
Fedora, but as far as I know the Packaging Committee has not officially approved
the Open Font License as a Fedora-compatible license (mostly because, to the
best of my knowledge, it's never been brought up before). 

I feel like this should get discussed at the next FESCo meeting.

Comment 2 Will Woods 2007-09-10 00:49:04 UTC
My mistake - the OFL is a Fedora-approved license, listed under Font Licenses
here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing

So the next step would be to go ahead and make a Fedora package for the font so
people can check it out. Once it's in Fedora, it could be proposed for inclusion
in the distro by default.

Note that the packaging guidelines say that "when source code is available (like
DejaVu), then the font must be built from source." 

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2007-09-10 17:51:38 UTC
Someone needs to step up and package this. Until then... deferred.


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