#8174 NORM 9.1.0: Include Ecolier Court: an open handwriting/cursive font

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#8174: Include Ecolier Court: an open handwriting/cursive font
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   Reporter:  yosch         |       Owner:  cscott       
       Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new          
   Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  9.1.0        
  Component:  distro        |     Version:  not specified
 Resolution:                |    Keywords:  fonts        
Next_action:  add to build  |    Verified:  0            
  Blockedby:                |    Blocking:               
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Comment(by yosch):

 Our font criteria should probably be: quality, appropriate licensing so
 that they can be freely distributed/modified/extended as needed ( OFL is
 the community recommend font license http://unifont.org/go_for_ofl/ - See
 the relevant Fedora page:
 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal_considerations_for_fonts#preferred-
 license ) and appropriate coverage.

 "Niceness" per target locale is going to be an interesting challenge and
 call many other factors into play. Some locales don't have good
 implementations yet while others want a greater variety of fonts... The
 wiki has an indicative list http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fonts but OLPC
 should really invest in defining use cases: one open font per script ( a
 working implementation for each target script)? A focus on fonts for
 learners (cursive and literacy-oriented)? How important are
 decorative/fantasy fonts? Where do we draw the line between this font is
 indispensable for the laptop to be usable and this is extra? Sure, extra
 fonts could be installed manually but ideally the default set should be
 good for most use cases.

 If size is an important criteria there are already duplicated blocks in
 the font selection currently in the build. We should also be gathering
 feedback from the various target communities on their font needs.

 For Ecolier Court, you mean extended Latin, I guess? Possibilities could
 include freeing up another font to be released under an open license,
 commissioning a new one, or maybe just getting the current one extended.

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