CNET News: Open Source Casts New Mold for Type Design
Jul 11, 2006, 14:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Stephen Shankland)
"The open-source approach, born in the field of programming, is
catching on in a new area: type design.
"In 2003, type design company Bitstream, in conjunction with the
GNOME Foundation, released a font family called Vera for
open-source use. Under the license terms, anyone was permitted to
make new fonts based on Vera, as long as the derivatives were given
a different name..."
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