Fwd: gnome fonts: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono

[<Jim Gettys hp com>]

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• From: Magnus Kessler <Magnus Kessler gmx net>
• To: jim gettys hp com
• Subject: gnome fonts: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
• Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 01:50:19 +0000

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Dear Jim,

since you seem to be the contact person for the gnome fonts, I send the 
following observation to you. Please forward this message to Bitstream if 
appropriate.

I have installed the new Bitstream Vera fonts on my computer, and I must say, 
I am very impressed.

However, the "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" font does not really seam to be a 
monospaced font. It is not recognized as such by the KDE font selector. Also, 
when chosen in a text editor (gedit, kate), artifacts in the spacing become 
apparent.

I have attached a test file that IMHO shows this effect very well when viewed 
in gedit or kate with "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono".

My environment is Mandrake 9 with libXft2-2.1.2, freetype-2.1.4rc1, 
fontconfig-2.1.5 and XFree86-4.2.1.

Thanks for the great fonts!

Regards,

Magnus Kessler
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