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Bug 705102 - Gentoo Logo: Font license
Summary: Gentoo Logo: Font license
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Artwork Team
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Reported: 2020-01-10 13:18 UTC by Jonas Stein
Modified: 2021-03-25 21:28 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Jonas Stein gentoo-dev 2020-01-10 13:18:05 UTC
"The font used in the logo is Zurich Light Extra Condensed"
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Artwork/Colors

How may we use this font legally?
Do we have to pay for the usage in publications?

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-01-10 15:33:37 UTC
This is a very good question that predates even me as a developer.

I've never looked into the provenance of the font in the logo, but I can say as treasurer and long-term trustee, that any purchase of the font would have predated the Foundation, and wasn't in the transferred assets.
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2020-01-10 16:22:44 UTC
If we follow our principles, then maybe we should use an open source font for the logo? Or is there a special reason why we must use the Zurich font?

The Tyrian layout uses Open Sans as the font for the main body, so maybe that would be a good choice? It has a "Condensed Light" variant:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans+Condensed
License is Apache-2.0.
It has a "double storey" small g (but is this a drawback?).

Alternatively, a font with a "single storey" g:
Noto Sans ExtraCondensed (Regular, or Light),
https://www.google.com/get/noto/#sans-lgc
License is OFL-1.1.
Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2020-01-11 14:13:01 UTC
Also, in sources/img/src/site-logo.ai:
<xmp:CreatorTool>Adobe Illustrator CS6 (Windows)</xmp:CreatorTool>

Why are we using non-free tools on a non-free OS to create our artwork? It is embarrassing.
Comment 4 Arisu Tachibana Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2021-03-25 17:13:41 UTC
I vote for move to an open source font like Open Sans
Comment 5 David Abbott (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2021-03-25 21:28:16 UTC
(In reply to Alice Ferrazzi from comment #4)
> I vote for move to an open source font like Open Sans

Seconded