Bug 176497

Summary:	suggestion: vista fonts package
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED) <phajdan.jr>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-29 20:15:28 UTC

I don't know whether it's legal and possible, but it would be nice to have a vista fonts package (consolas etc.). These fonts can be downloaded with some MS viewer, but there is a separate pack, see below:

I downloaded the pack from http://drnicwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/6_new_cleartype_fonts_longhorn.zip

Comment 1 Łukasz Damentko (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-29 20:33:40 UTC

They are very nice fonts indeed. But the licence of Windows Vista says you can use them only with their system.

Comment 2 pavel sanda 2010-08-17 12:12:08 UTC

for the record vista-fonts.ebuild is flying over the net and overlays.