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Subject: Re: Font package naming convention
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 06:18:19PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>> Some of the fonts created by foundries are often referred to it using
>> the foundry=E2=80=99s name, such as =E2=80=9CBitstream Vera=E2=80=9D; th=
ere are also
>> counter-examples, like Gentium, Charis, etc. (by SIL.)
>>=20
>> So, again very informally, I would suggest to use the foundry name in
>> cases where people expect to see it, and in cases where it removes
>> ambiguity with similarly-named fonts.
>>=20
>> What do people think?
>
> I think it would be nice to add the foundry when it is know, such as
> sil-gentium etc.; personally I find it an interesting information to have
> (we would get a complete list of all packages sil fonts, for instance).

OK, it makes sense to me.

If there=E2=80=99s rough consensus on this, the next step would be to write=
 this
informal rule in the manual, and to update package names.

Any volunteer?  Alex?  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.