Re: Sans-serif free Unicode font (was Re: Ghostscript 9.15)

[Urs Liska]

Am 25.03.2015 um 13:32 schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> On 3/25/15 3:06 AM, "Urs Liska" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > 2) Find suitable fonts and include them in the distribution
> > I know this is a more difficult issue than 1) but I think it would be
> > worth it. By default LilyPond scores don't use sans or monospace (IISC)
> > but I think LilyPond should actually provide beautiful defaults for
> > these too.
> > Maybe it would be a good start looking for fonts in the same sources as
> > CenturySchoolbook?
> As of 2014, Google has released a free unicode sans-serif font, Carlito:
>
> http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/carlito
>
>
> I don't know if it is any better than Helvetica or Arial.

I don't think so.
However, "better" can only be considered in terms of "visually suitable" 
in the context of LilyPond scores.
I think the fonts we're looking for should have a similarly classic or 
old-fashioned look as Century.

Maybe we should look for fonts that (optionally) ship with texlive.

Urs

> Carl