[ros-kernel] Re: Fonts

[James Briggs]

>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:43:22 -0500
>From: Waldo Alvarez Ca?izares <wac at lab.matcom.uh.cu>
>Subject: RE: [ros-kernel] Hey guys...
>To: "ReactOS Kernel List" <ros-kernel at reactos.com>
>
>Hello Wesley:
>
>Remember that MS gifted you but not me. I don't think that creating
>similar fonts is a hard to do task. Or maybe some one doanates them or
>even maybe the foundation could buy some good quality fonts in the
>future for the project.
>
>Regards
>Waldo. 

I think you're seriously underestimating the work involved
in font design and production. The licensing cost for an os
is usually millions of US dollars.

Here's some useful info though:

Gnome and Bitstream http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5334740037.html
Amateur effort http://www.theory.org/~strthrwr/fonts/free/index.php
Effort for free UCS font http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/

James.