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</noinclude>A font family corresponds to one entry in GUI font lists. For example, ''DejaVu Sans'', ''DejaVu Serif'' and ''DejaVu Sans Mono'' are three different font families.
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* A font family corresponds to one entry in GUI font lists. For example, ''DejaVu Sans'', ''DejaVu Serif'' and ''DejaVu Sans Mono'' are three different font families.
A font family is subdivided in faces or styles. ''DejaVu Sans Normal'', ''DejaVu Sans Bold'', ''DejaVu Sans Condensed Italic'' are three faces of the ''DejaVu Sans'' font family.<noinclude>
* A font family is subdivided in faces or styles. ''DejaVu Sans Normal'', ''DejaVu Sans Bold'', ''DejaVu Sans Condensed Italic'' are three faces of the ''DejaVu Sans'' font family.
 
* The '''gnome-font-viewer''' command can be used to check the font family name and the font face/style declared by a font file.
The '''gnome-font-viewer''' command can be used to check the font family name and the font face/style declared by a font file.
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Revision as of 16:38, 11 January 2009

A page of the Fonts Special Interest Group

  • A font family corresponds to one entry in GUI font lists. For example, DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Serif and DejaVu Sans Mono are three different font families.
  • A font family is subdivided in faces or styles. DejaVu Sans Normal, DejaVu Sans Bold, DejaVu Sans Condensed Italic are three faces of the DejaVu Sans font family.
  • The gnome-font-viewer command can be used to check the font family name and the font face/style declared by a font file.

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Fonts in Fedora
The Fonts SIG takes loving care of Fedora fonts. Please join this special interest group if you are interested in creating, improving, packaging, or just suggesting a font. Any help will be appreciated.