Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by Uncle_Sam » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:01 PM UTC

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate
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Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by mseebach » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:23 PM UTC

Slightly more relevant link: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/beta#New%20features%2...

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by someone_here » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:24 PM UTC

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by retube » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:27 PM UTC

someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

screenshots: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-...

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:30 PM UTC

mseebach wrote: post #2

Slightly more relevant link: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/beta#New%20features%2...

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Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by bruceD » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:31 PM UTC

someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

The font is available on the CD, but it has not been set as default (and it might not be default in the final release either).

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:37 PM UTC

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Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by dchest » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:37 PM UTC

someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

How's Lucida Grande Helvetica-like?

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by bruceD » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:38 PM UTC

retube wrote: post #4

someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

screenshots: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-...

Release candidate screenshots: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-...

Re: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate

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Post by fluidcruft » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 1:42 PM UTC

someone_here wrote: post #3

This release uses a new interface font, which is the first major OS (that I know of, anyways) to not use a Helvetica-like font for their GUI. Mark Shuttleworth talks about the decision and impact on his blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/537

Macintosh prior to OSX used Chicago and Charcoal. These are fairly distinctive and aren't really "Helvetica-like" in my mind. Chicago in particular was pretty much synonymous with "Macintosh" and was used in early iPods. Pre-MacOS machines used fixed-width bitmapped fonts that fall more in the range of "programmer fonts" than Helvetica.