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@node Trunk Identity Fonts
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@section @file{trunk/Identity/Fonts}
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@cindex Trunk identity fonts
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The @file{trunk/Identity/Fonts} directory exists to organize
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typographies used inside @value{TCPCVI}. Most fonts stored inside this
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location are TrueType Fonts (@file{.ttf}) that aren't available inside
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@file{/usr/share/fonts} directory.
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@c -- describe, in one paragraph, what a font is.
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In order for fonts to be available inside programs like GIMP and
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Inkscape, font files should be stored either in
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@file{/usr/share/fonts} or @file{~/.fonts} directory. These locations
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are out of @value{TCAR} and doesn't provide version control by
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themselves. In order for using version controlled fonts inside
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programs like GIMP and Inkscape, we store font related files under
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@file{trunk/Identity/Fonts} directory and create links to them from
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@file{~/.fonts} directory.
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@float Example, trunk-identity-fonts-1
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@verbatim
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trunk/Identity/Fonts
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`-- denmark.ttf (file) <-- ~/.fonts/denmark.ttf (link)
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@end verbatim
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@caption{Relation between fonts inside the workstation.}
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@end float
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The creation and maintainance of links related to fonts inside the
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working copy are automated by @code{prepare} functionality of
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@command{centos-art.sh} script.
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@image{trunk/Identity/Images/Manuals/Fonts/dejavu-lgc,443pt,,,}
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Inside @value{TCPCVI}, the @samp{DejaVu LGC} typography is used as
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default typography in all visual manifestations. The @samp{DejaVu LGC}
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typography comes with @value{TCD} so there is no need to store it in
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@file{trunk/Identity/Fonts} for you to use.
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@image{trunk/Identity/Images/Manuals/Fonts/denmark,443pt,,,}
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Inside @value{TCPCVI}, the @samp{Denmark} typography is used as base
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to build The CentOS Logo (i.e., the main graphic design that
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connects/identifies all visual manifestations related to The CentOS
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Project). The @samp{Denmark} typography doesn't come with @value{TCD}
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so it is store in @file{trunk/Identity/Fonts} for you to use.
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The license information of @samp{Denmark} typography isn't very clear,
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at least not as clear as the one in @samp{DejaVu LGC} typography is.
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Using a typography with a doubtful license might put in risk the
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content produced from it.  To prevent such issues, it would be better
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to move on from @samp{Denmark} typography to another typography (free,
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preferably) that retain the same visual style of @samp{Denmark}, but
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with a clearer copyright and license notice.