Legal fonts project
#1
I'd like to see if I can help with an Aeon font replacement project so that the illegally-distributed proprietary fonts can be replaced with comparable free ones. Could someone "in the know" describe what factors are necessary to consider when replacing fonts (spacing, weight, etc.)?
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#2
I'm not so sure that the current font is being "illegally distributed".
It my just be that its current license doesn't allow it to be released as part of a package.
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#3
At the very least, the Scout font family is a copyrighted commercial font.
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#4
Why should this have anything to do with AEON? You'd be doing a huge service to the whole xbmc skinning community by providing a source of open fonts.
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#5
My aim was to try to locate already available free or non-commercial fonts that are consistent with the look and feel of Aeon. This could of course be done for other skins, but you have to start somewhere. I wasn't going to create new fonts, just scour the web looking for already-available ones that could be (for example) included in the distribution on github.
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#6
http://www.fontspace.com might be a good place to look, i'm not saying these are all "open" fonts but atleast you could find something with a license that would allow it to be redistributed or worst case contact the creator of said font and ask permission. Smile
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#7
Another good source is http://www.dafont.com. There are many free fonts on that site.
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#8
I've always loved the Liberation font and think it would look great in Aeon. Best part about it, it's open-source and free to distribute under the GPL license.
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#9
I just happened to stumble upon this site today, http://www.typenow.net that has hundreds, if not thousands, of free True Type fonts. In addition to you run of the mill fonts, they seem to have a really slick collection of movie, tv, music and game fonts that would work well for posters and fanart:

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#10
I've always thought it was crazy having to install fonts separately.

Free font replacements would be a massive improvement
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#11
I certainly hope this will lead to Aeon getting fonts where umlauts doesn't look terrible
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