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  17     <h1 class="header">DejaVu fonts</h1>
  18
  19     <p>
  20
  21 <b>DejaVu fonts</b> are Bitstream Vera fonts (http://www.bitstream.com/)
  22 with additional characters (see <a href="status.txt">status file</a> and
  23 <a href="unicover.txt">Unicode coverage</a> for more information).
  24 They are optimized
  25 for display on Linux/X (which has some TrueType display problems), but that
  26 should not affect their usability on other systems or in printing.
  27
  28     </p>
  29     <p>
  30       For copyright notice and license see <a href="LICENSE">LICENSE</a> (included in all packages).
  31     </p>
  32     <p>
  33       Some glyphs are visible on <a href="dejavu.png">screenshot</a>.
  34     </p>
  35     <p>
  36       Current version is <b>1.4</b>.
  37       What's new is described in <a href="NEWS">NEWS</a>.
  38       For overview see <a href="README">README</a> and <a href="README.qpf">README.qpf</a>
  39       for information on QPF format.
  40       Known bugs are in <a href="BUGS">BUGS</a>.
  41       All authors are mentioned in <a href="AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a>.
  42     </p>
  43     <p><b>Files to download</b>: </p>
  44 <ul>
  45 <li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dejavu/dejavu-ttf-1.4.tar.gz?download">dejavu-ttf-1.4.tar.gz</a> (372408 B)<br/>
  46 <tt>MD5: 16002b942c031a2596db8ccecc90402e<br/></tt>
  47 <p class="description">
  48 TrueType fonts
  49 </p>
  50 </li>
  51 <li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dejavu/dejavu-sfd-1.4.tar.gz?download">dejavu-sfd-1.4.tar.gz</a> (708888 B)<br/>
  52 <tt>MD5: d9ce49979d57836621f9548513f85d47<br/></tt>
  53 <p class="description">
  54 fonts in source form (SFD)
  55 </p>
  56 </li>
  57 <li><a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dejavu/dejavu-qpf-1.4.tar.gz?download">dejavu-qpf-1.4.tar.gz</a> (3025325 B)<br/>
  58 <tt>MD5: 29011a6df94fcbc68fff5760772c91fa<br/></tt>
  59 <p class="description">
  60 fonts for Opie/Qtopia (QPF)
  61 </p>
  62 </li>
  63 </ul>
  64
  65     <p>
  66       Send your questions, bugs or patches to
  67       <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dejavu-fonts">dejavu-fonts</a>
  68       mailing list.
  69       When requesting new characters look on
  70       <a href="http://www.unicode.org/charts/">Unicode Charts</a> and send their codes.
  71       What's going on or what is planned (with which everyone
  72       can help) is described in <a href="plans.txt">plans file</a>.
  73     </p>
  74
  75     <p>
  76       Project-related information can be seen on <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dejavu/">Project Info page</a> on SourceForge.net.
  77     </p>
  78
  79     <p>
  80       Unofficial packages exist for
  81       <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=dejavu">Gentoo</a>,
  82       <a href="http://pce.szm.sk/ttf-dejavu/ttf-dejavu_1.2-1_all.deb">Debian</a>,
  83       <a href="http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=fonts-ttf-dejavu">Mandrakelinux</a> and
  84       <a href="http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm/package/e11ffb09-a6f7-4452-80cd-dfeee14f2ba5">Squeak</a>.
  85       For further information contact their respective maintainers.
  86     </p>
  87
  88     <p>
  89       We also have <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/dejavu/">freshmeat.net's project page</a>.
  90     </p>
  91
  92     <p>
  93       We are also listed in <a href="http://linuxlinks.com">Linux Links</a>.
  94     </p>
  95
  96     <p>
  97       Some information and file downloads are mirrored on <a href="http://www.srnet.cz/~stepan/en/sw/dejavu.shtml">http://www.srnet.cz/~stepan/en/sw/dejavu.shtml</a>.
  98     </p>
  99
 100     <h3>Developer Notes</h3>
 101
 102     <p>These notes are "should" not "must", but try to follow them, please. Thank you.</p>
 103
 104     <ul>
 105       <li>Use SFD files not TTF files as a base for your changes.</li>
 106       <li>Use latest version from CVS.</li>
 107       <li>Edit fonts with <a href="http://fontforge.sf.net">FontForge</a> version 20040930 or higher.</li>
 108       <li>Consult <a href="plans.txt">plans file</a> - avoid work-in-progress
 109           and pick planned changes.</li>
 110       <li>Altering existing characters is not discouraged however original
 111           Bitstream Vera characters (see <a href="status.txt">status file</a>)
 112           should not be altered.</li>
 113       <li>Send a notice to
 114           <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dejavu-fonts">dejavu-fonts</a>
 115           mailing list what you want to do and why.</li>
 116       <li>Follow the font style.</li>
 117       <li>Reuse existing glyphs - references are your friends
 118           (but do not reference glyphs just for its close resemblance to some
 119            shape - circumflex is not caron turned upside down - copy them as
 120            a whole if you have to).</li>
 121       <li>Do not write outside glyph's width in monospaced fonts - applies to monospaced oblique fonts too!</li>
 122       <li>Have some reusable shape? Create new glyph outside the fonts standard glyph range (position 65536 and more).</li>
 123       <li>Having one glyph in Sans font? Why not make it also for Sans Oblique? And Sans Bold? And Sans Bold Oblique? And Sans Mono? And... You've got the point :-)</li>
 124       <li>Try to set kerning if possible (monospaced fonts have no kerning).</li>
 125       <li>Updating and extending kerning information is a good thing.</li>
 126       <li>Send your patches (unified diffs are most welcome) to dejavu-fonts AT lists.sourceforge.net (no subscription needed).</li>
 127       <li>Along with the patch send an information what was changed.</li>
 128       <li>Generate TTF (use generate.pe script or same settings) and look on your fonts in real life.</li>
 129       <li>Remember! All DejaVu changes are placed into public domain. In case of dislike license can be changed for future versions.</li>
 130     </ul>
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 133       &copy;2004 Stepan Roh
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