On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 12:13 -0400, Alex G.S. wrote:
This is one of the biggest UI issues I have with Fedora post-install,
the fonts are very jarring versus the whole Ubuntu/Mac/Windows
experience. It's a non-ideal way to present Workstation to new
users. I've actually filed a bug about this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036220
What I don't understand is why Ubuntu has great fonts hinting by
default despite these patents being out there. Do they use a
different package or configuration of the existing patent-free
Freetype?
Ubuntu is incorporated in the Isle of Man where they do not have a
patent treaty preventing them from distributing this content. Fedora is
required to follow US laws regarding patent and copyright.