The names of the fonts in this package have been changed. The upstream uses the same names as the fonts in the package gsfonts. If I used the same names this would make imposible to use together both packages. So when I created the Debian packages I decided to use other names, namely the names used by Adobe. Afterwards I was pointed that am not allowed to use these names as they are trademarks. Now all new font names start with the word `Free', it ensures the uniqueness of them. The other part of the names are dictionary English words, this ensures that no part of the names is a registered trademark. I have contacted the upstream maintainer in order to ask him how to call the fonts, but unfortunately he went on a journey and was not able to answer me. Now a few months later I decided to upload new packages to Debian with names choosed by me as the packages still use registered trademarks. It is possible however that in future I will take into account the preferences of the upstream maintainer. Note that /etc/X11/fonts/Type1/t1-cyrillic.alias contains commented lines which if uncommented define the old font names as aliases. This table summarizes the fontname changings: Current Debian name Old Debian name Upstream name --------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Times Times Nimbus Roman No9 L Free Helvetian Helvetica Nimbus Sans L Free Helvetian Condensed Helvetica [*] Nimbus Sans L [*] Free Courier Courier Nimbus Mono L Free Schoolbook New Century Schoolbook Century Schoolbook L Free Avant Garde Avant Garde Gothic URW Gothic L Free Bookman Bookman URW Bookman L Free Paladin Palatino URW Palladio L Free Chancery Chancery URW Chancery L [*] The narrowed versions of `Helvetica' are packaged with family `Free Helvetian Condensed'. This is so because many applications seam to ignore fonts with width != normal when fonts with width == normal are present. -- Anton Zinoviev <zinoviev@debian.org>
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