New Cleartype fonts

[nophix]

They are pretty slick, especially consolas which I'm using on my terminals.

Look at them here:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683

Download them (if the link still works):
http://www.uxevolutions.info/binaries/6fonts/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip
Updated link:
http://xizz.biz/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip

[Stormy Eyes]

Those look sweet. Any chance of mirroring the archive?

[jzke]

Yeah the links broken, mirror would be great...

[Stormy Eyes]

I found an archive containing the fonts here. (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.crsky.com/soft/5946.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAeroConcept%2Bpack%26hl%3Den%26hs%3Dd ul%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox%26rls%3 Dorg.mozilla:en-US:unofficial) It's a RAR archive, so you'll have to have rar and unrar installed; so follow the Ubuntu Guide's instructions for installing rar and unrar.

[wh0rd]

Can you put up a screen shot of the font?

[Dracontopes]

Can you put up a screen shot of the font?

Read the article; the screenshots are in there! The fonts are in this package: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17986507/

[r_a_trip]

New link:

http://xizz.biz/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip

[super]

sweet!
:)

downloading!
:razz:

good to go!
:D

[nophix]

Thanks for the updated link. Will edit. :)

[XQC]

Thanks for these fonts, they really give the system a high end-user feeling :)

[kostkon]

I had read this article in the past but I was surprised to find them here available to download. I didn't know that they were already implemented or even used in some program.

So guys how did you find them? Am I right if I assume that they are being used in Windows Vista (aka Longhorn) and someone ripped the off from there?

Are they going to be free, when officially available, as the other free Microsoft truetype fonts (like Comic Sans etc. etc.)?

[drizek]

I had read this article in the past but I was surprised to find them here available to download. I didn't know that they were already implemented or even used in some program.

So guys how did you find them? Am I right if I assume that they are being used in Windows Vista (aka Longhorn) and someone ripped the off from there?

Are they going to be free, when officially available, as the other free Microsoft truetype fonts (like Comic Sans etc. etc.)?
theyve been leaked for a long time now, although they are included in vista.

AFAIK, they are not free though.

[8FootSativa]

The only font I really seem to care for is Consolas for my terminal and XpertMud client. Cool fonts, though. I like the irony of having them on my Linux box before most Windows users have them.

[tommy_haaland]

stupid question, how do I install these fonts?

[ow50]

stupid question, how do I install these fonts?
Not a stupid question. Unpack them to "~/.fonts" directory.

[Stormy Eyes]

The only font I really seem to care for is Consolas for my terminal and XpertMud client. Cool fonts, though. I like the irony of having them on my Linux box before most Windows users have them.

Yeah, Consolas is sweet. I've been loving Corbel, too, though. I find it hilarious that these fonts look a lot better on Linux than they do on Windows 2000.

[nophix]

Yeah, Consolas is sweet. I've been loving Corbel, too, though. I find it hilarious that these fonts look a lot better on Linux than they do on Windows 2000.

Hmm, does Windows 2000 have ClearType?

[GavinX]

Nice fonts, I have to admit.

[Stormy Eyes]

Hmm, does Windows 2000 have ClearType?

I don't think so, now that I think of it. And I make do with a cheap CRT at work, while I've got an uber Samsung LCD at home.

Here is a screenshot of my desktop using Corbel for my Openbox and GTK themes and Consolas in GVIM. (http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=707&c=4)

[kaaredyret]

stupid question, how do I install these fonts?

There is no font installer in Gnome, is there? I log in to KDE and use the font installer there to save me from the terminal (and possible errors).

I hope that a font installer/uninstaller is a part of Breezy.

[Stormy Eyes]

There is no font installer in Gnome, is there? I log in to KDE and use the font installer there to save me from the terminal (and possible errors).

Did you look at the "Go to Fonts Folder" button in the GNOME font dialog?

[dradul]

There is no font installer in Gnome, is there? I log in to KDE and use the font installer there to save me from the terminal (and possible errors).

I hope that a font installer/uninstaller is a part of Breezy.

There is but is isn't evident. You can find the access in the advanced options section of the Font control panel. Or type "fonts:///" in the address bar of a Nautilus browser...

[GavinX]

I had these fonts and they looked quite nice. The problem is that I had to do a fresh install. So I decided to chech the forums again so I could ge them. Voila! All the links do not work........ One site said that it took them off at the request of M$. I did a search of the net and could not find them. Could any of you guys be so kind as to post a link. I'd really appreciate. Thanx in advance.

[tanari]

any links?
Maybe somebody upload them to rapidshare.de?

[iansyngin]

Does anyone have a link to these fonts or perhaps can email me the archive.
syngin@goowy.com

[ow50]

http://tmp.e-taller.net/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip

[iansyngin]

nice one:
the fonts look really sweet

[GavinX]

http://tmp.e-taller.net/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip
Thanx a million. I really appreciate. :KS

[GavinX]

any links?
Maybe somebody upload them to rapidshare.de?

Done!

Link: http://ul14.rapidshare.de/cgi-bin/upload.cgi?rsuploadid=807627029263341766

[tanari]

Thank everybody!

Linux get new windows features faster than windows :lol:

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I used these fonts for sometime and think that all fonts are little ugly, monospace is much better than consolas and verdana is better than all others.

[doboy007]

Constantia doesn't seem to have numbers - kind of a big oversight.

[mcduck]

Constantia doesn't seem to have numbers - kind of a big oversight.
Yes it has, but not bold or italics numbers..

[GoA]

Those fonts didn't look so good on my computer. They were too "tight".

[commodore]

Does this have something to do with M$? If so then WHY ARE YOU USING MICROSOFTS STUFF??? Linux shouldn't copy Microsoft. Linux is allready better and it should develop it's own stuff. Microsoft doesn't copy Linux (I think).

[tmahmood]

I was looking for this fonts everywhere :D
OH yes... I am using Candara in my linux... and trust me it looks Far more better then WindowsXP....

[chadwick359]

Could somebody reupload the archive? All of the links, including the rapidshare one, seem to be down. Or, if you could mail it to chadwick359@gmail.com . Thanks in advance!

[GoA]

Does this have something to do with M$? If so then WHY ARE YOU USING MICROSOFTS STUFF??? Linux shouldn't copy Microsoft. Linux is allready better and it should develop it's own stuff. Microsoft doesn't copy Linux (I think).

Because Microsoft does make better fonts?

[pecanov]

Because Microsoft does make better fonts?

I really don't think so.

FreeSans is the best font I've ever used (both windows and linux ... I haven't been using windows a couple of years, but nothing is changed there :) )

[thebluesgnr]

Does this have something to do with M$? If so then WHY ARE YOU USING MICROSOFTS STUFF??? Linux shouldn't copy Microsoft. Linux is allready better and it should develop it's own stuff. Microsoft doesn't copy Linux (I think).

This isn't copying Microsoft, this is using Microsoft fonts. But to address your point, Microsoft does copy a lot from free software ("Linux"), Apple and others, as everyone else.

[thagame]

Does this have something to do with M$? If so then WHY ARE YOU USING MICROSOFTS STUFF??? Linux shouldn't copy Microsoft. Linux is allready better and it should develop it's own stuff. Microsoft doesn't copy Linux (I think).


ha are you that much of a linux fanboy that you went blind. i use linux as well but i still know that windows is way ahead of linux in 90% of everything lol

[el3ktro]

Can someone please upload those fonts somewhere, or send them to me (elektro AT geekspot DOT de) and I could upload them onto my server. Would be nice since all the links in this thread don't work!

Tom

[ow50]

http://killjim.com/files/vistafonts.rar

[kaaredyret]

I now use Candara almost everywhere in Breezy. Only problem is that Candara Bold is not really rendered correctly; it looks coool in Windows XP, but on Breezy it doesnt look bold at all in sizes below 12 points. Whats is wrong?

I did fiddle with all the available settings from Gnomes Font Preferences.

And... Candara (in fact any font) is rendered quite a bit more professionally in XP than on Hoary and Breezy. :(

[el3ktro]

And... Candara (in fact any font) is rendered quite a bit more professionally in XP than on Hoary and Breezy. :(

I found that switching the antialiasing setting to "Subpixel hinting (LCD)" produces much clearer fonts, maybe you should try that too.

Tom

[chadwick359]

http://killjim.com/files/vistafonts.rar

Curses, I missed it already. Can somebody mail that to me (chadwick359 at gmail dot com)

[celloandy]

I'd love a copy, too, if someone is emailing it around. I'm reachable at abpend at gmail dot com.

Andrew

[ow50]

http://www3.telus.net/jefmil/2005/07/

[jinacio]

thanks!

and here's the beautifull corbel font:

http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/3335/corbelfont5ru.png

[kaaredyret]

I found that switching the antialiasing setting to "Subpixel hinting (LCD)" produces much clearer fonts, maybe you should try that too.

Tom

I did, same result.

[Rob2687]

yeah, for some reason bold fonts don't look bold in Breezy O_o

[jinacio]

try adding this section to your ~/fonts.conf to fix the bold issue:


<match target="font" >
<test name="family" qual="any" compare="eq">
<string>Candara</string>
<string>Corbel</string>
</test>
<test name="weight" compare="more_eq"><int>200</int></test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq"><double>14</double></test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
</match>


hope it helps

[kaaredyret]

try adding this section to your ~/fonts.conf to fix the bold issue:


<match target="font" >
<test name="family" qual="any" compare="eq">
<string>Candara</string>
<string>Corbel</string>
</test>
<test name="weight" compare="more_eq"><int>200</int></test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq"><double>14</double></test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
</match>


hope it helps

Ah, thank you, indeed it worked! Now my fonts look COOOOL. Thanks a lot! \\:D/

[chadwick359]

http://www3.telus.net/jefmil/2005/07/

Yes! Thank you so much, man.

[vaibhav]

I found the fonts to look much better after enabling AutoHinting.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

[simosx]

The essense here is to make the default Ubuntu fonts work as best as possible.

Ubuntu Dapper comes with Bitstream Vera and DejaVu (the two highest priority fonts in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf). Is there a way to configure fonts.conf to get the best results out of this?

[John.Michael.Kane]

How are you all installing these? gnome does not sem to have a way to install these. maybe someone could make a .deb of these files, and a howto on installing them.

[darkmatter]

How are you all installing these? gnome does not sem to have a way to install these. maybe someone could make a .deb of these files, and a howto on installing them.

It's this easy:

Create a .fonts folder in your home directory then copy the fonts to said folder... Run fc-cache in a terminal... restart X.. then select the fonts as you normally would ;)

[John.Michael.Kane]

Edit figured it out thanks..

[Haegin]

Nice fonts but my consolas is not displaying correctly. Certain letters are too wide and overlap with the next letters. Main culprits seem to be m and @. Any idea how I can solve this?
Just to add to the plethora of links heres mine:
http://hjmills.co.uk/files/MSLonghornFonts.zip
Thats all the .ttf files in one archive. Extract into your ~/.fonts dir and away you go..

[hugmenot]

Yes, there are nice. But Microsoft again managed to ship a font with an incorrectly inverted doubleleftquote.
Look at how “Corbel” renders the quotes. The left one should roughly resemble a 66, which would be compatible with many european languages where doubleleftquote is the high right quote.

[kaaredyret]

It's this easy:

Create a .fonts folder in your home directory then copy the fonts to said folder... Run fc-cache in a terminal... restart X.. then select the fonts as you normally would ;)

You call that easy? It is almost easier to teach a dog Klingon ! [-X