Dear Bagas,
I thought Klim Type Foundry had really lost it until I realised that an error in their website made my browser replace all their 'Helvetica-inspired' fonts with Bitstream Vera Serif! On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 08:37:06PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > For the background: The foodb upstream uses non-free (commercial) Söhne font, > for which the upstream has bought and acquired appropriate licenses for the > package purpose, and I was about to package it for Debian including the > font. He probably chooses Söhne because there is no suitable free fonts that > provide the same or similar typographical features as Söhne do (and partly due > to ChatGPT influence). Hence, I was asked if the font can be distributed in > Debian, since I had not found similar thread in debian-legal list. I've had a look at the Söhne specimens to see if I can find a free typeface with similar features. Söhne is definitely unique; I think the closest I've found is Nimbus Sans L Regular. It looks pretty similar to Söhne's lower weights, including the distinctive right-facing terminal of the 'a'. However, it's not such a good match at heavier weights, where I would say Söhne looks more 'friendly'. Hope this helps! Best wishes, Sebastian
