Windows typography reproduction

[volvoguy]

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 03:36:33 -0500, Carthik Sharma <carthik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes,
> I have already installed the package you mention, and would like to
> change my fonts in kde (Which I use for kile, kdevelop etc), which is
> why I was wondering what fonts MS uses by default in different
> situations, so I can use the same "map" on linux.

On my unmodified WinXP box that I have around for testing websites in
IE, the default font for everything in the OS is Tahoma. Unfortunately
that one font isn't in the MS core fonts package.

I'll let you in on a legal loophole about fonts though. It sucks for
typeface designers but can help you out of a pinch sometimes. The way
copyrights work on fonts is that the actual font data (the design of
the letters) isn't protected. It's only the name that's protected.
That's how people like Corel can distribute a thousand first-rate
fonts with CorelDraw - they simply change the names. (to protect the
innocent :-)

That said, I personally don't have any problem dropping one of my
TrueType fonts from Windows into my Ubuntu machine, and the same
applies to the fonts that came with CorelDraw. :-)

> Thank you for the reply :)

My pleasure!

-- 
Aaron

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