Comments on: Droid font family courtesy of Google & Ascender

By: Thomas Hervé // Graphiste indépendant » (An)droid - part. 2

Thomas Hervé // Graphiste indépendant » (An)droid - part. 2 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:04:50 +0000

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By: Fonts in Ubuntu « My Thoughts and other Meaningless Nonsense.

Fonts in Ubuntu « My Thoughts and other Meaningless Nonsense. — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:40:03 +0000

[...] This has come a long way in the last 8 months; get them here: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/droid-font-family-courtesy-of-google-ascender [...]

By: contort.com - tighten up

contort.com - tighten up — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:07:34 +0000

[...] Download Droid via Forbes permalink volition DEFINITION: (noun) The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision. SYNONYMS: willing. USAGE: Without volition I leaned toward her, as a tree is swayed by the wi… [...]

By: Droid fonts from the Open Handset Alliance’s Android platform « My Weblog

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:05:13 +0000

[...] Droid fonts from the Open Handset Alliance’s Android platform Droid is a font family specifically designed for the Android platform. The family consists for the usual serif, sans serif and monospace typefaces. I downloaded the font bundle from here. [...]

By: Professionelle Fonts zum kostenlosen Download | Allgemeines | Dr. Web Weblog

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:57:16 +0000

[...] Droid Font Family Google’s Android project, eine Open-Source-Plattform für mobile Geräte, enthält die Schriftfamilie Droid, die extra für optimale Lesbarkeit von Texten auf mobilen Geräten entworfen wurde. [...]

By: Crazy Monkey Gurls Unite » Blog Archive » The Emperor’s New Clothes

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:06:46 +0000

[...] you really want to see it in all its glory, go get yourself a copy of the Google/Ascender-developed font Droid. It’s free, and it’s available for Mac, Linux and Windows. It’s also pretty [...]

By: Eugene Zagidullin

Eugene Zagidullin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:20:05 +0000

>way better on Mac OS X, regretfully

freetype under linux can produce the same output with hinting turned off and Cleartype-like subpixel filtering (this feature exists in freetype since 2.3.0, but needed patched Cairo and libXft to utilize it). Droid Sans in UI: http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/a/s/asphyx_lj/xfce_droid.png

By: Damien Guard

Damien Guard — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:00:27 +0000

@Kriston Because they are designed to be used on Google’s Android Platform for mobile phones that will always be anti-aliased.

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By: Kriston

Kriston — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:25:19 +0000

Awful fonts. Why aren’t they hinted for non-anti-aliased viewing?
I expect more.

By: Mack

Mack — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:52:16 +0000

Droid font family rocks! Thanks :)