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Re: The next public release of FreeFont.
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Steve White |
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Re: The next public release of FreeFont. |
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Sat, 25 Jan 2020 23:19:38 +0100 |
Hi David,
Yes we do plan to release in 2020. We aren't adding anything more
before then, and I am very busy right now addressing some serious
problems in one range. It is still a couple months out though.
If you like, I can give you a link to a recent build. Let me know.
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:26 PM David Tamar <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Hello, dear maintainers.
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> The last release of FreeFont was almost 8 years ago. Debian Sid is still
> using that version from 2012. I've tested the latest FreeSerif and FreeMono
> fonts from the repositories for almost a year, and they're far more complete
> and functional than the 2012 release. For example I couldn't use the 2012
> FreeSerif version for mathematical typesetting in XeTeX (it just defaults to
> Latin Modern Math), but with the current FreeSerif I can. The mathematical
> symbols were updated and improved as well. Are there any future plans to
> release a new version of FreeFont in 2020?
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> Thank you.
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> -David