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Speakers
Nicolas Spalinger
Schedule
Day Sunday
Room AW1.121
Start time 09:30
End time 10:00
Duration 00:30
Info
Event type Podium
Track Debian
Language English
Debian Font Task Force: overview and impact on the open font community

A quick overview of the work done by the Debian Fonts task force.

  • the needs and challenges,
  • the growing body of open fonts available,
  • the impact on i18n,
  • some tips on finding/using/managing open fonts,
  • the toolkit for designing/contributing to existing projects and the wider open font community: OpenFontLibrary,
  • freedesktop.org,
  • cross-distro collaboration,
  • etc.
And how you can help.