[GEM-dev] removing arial.ttf!

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> IOhannes m zmoelnig hat gesagt: // IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> 
>> somebody at debian just discovered that the arial.ttf that comes with 
>> Gem is copyrighted by "The MonoType Corporation", and therefore not 
>> distributable with a GPL'ed package.
>>
>> i guess, we have to remove it.
>> anybody knows a free version of arial or some appropriate replacement?
> 
> The Bitstream fonts are free, Bitstream Vera Sans is remotely similar
> to Arial. (Looks even better IMO)
> 

super.

i have removed the 3 other fonts from the CVS and added the vera.ttf 
instead.
however, the default font the [text] objects try to load is still 
"arial.ttf"; should we change that to vera.ttf? this will eventually 
break patches that rely on the font being called "arial.ttf" (e.g. i 
usually take the font i want and rename it to "arial.ttf")

which brings me to an idea: what about an object [defaultfontname] that 
can be used to set the default font name.
or even better a more general interface (e.g. a method for 
[gemwin]/[gemcontrol] that allows you to set the default fontname)

fmg.asdr
IOhannes