2009/9/21 Felix Miata <[email protected]>: > On 2009/09/21 14:30 (GMT+0100) Lesley Binks composed: > >> I have always been rather sad that Helvetica isn't installed on >> Windoze or Linux although I have Nimbus sans L as a substitute > > On most older Linux systems, Nimbus Sans L was the Arial/Helvetica > substitute. On newer Linux systems Nimbus Sans L is commonly not installed, > and even when it is, Liberation Sans and/or DejaVu Sans are preferred > substitutes, with their higher overall quality and broader charset coverage. > Liberation Sans is metric equivalent to Arial/Helvetica, while the larger > DejaVu Sans is close in size to Verdana and Lucida Sans Unicode/Lucida Grande. > >> Not sure about the relationship/history between Nimbus sans L and >> Helvetica nor can I determine how good a substitute it is. > > Why Can't you? Since you do have Nimbus Sans L installed, > http://fm.no-ip.com/auth/Font/fonts-face-samples-comps.html should enable you > to decide for yourself how good it is. > http://herlug.org.uk/snapshot1.png mmm seems something is borking the intent of that page
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