PingWin Software announces a new family of free/libre fonts


PingWin Software, a new Linux kid on the block in Russia, announces a new font family to substitude default Microsoft’s font families.

The plan is to provide drop-in replacements for Tahoma, Arial, Courier, Verdana and Times New Roman with, respectively, PWT Tahion, PWT Arion, PWT Courant, PWT Verde and PWT Timer.

The fonts will be released under a free license their lawyers are working on at the moment. Right now they are ready to send files to beta-testers only, because they do not want unfinished work to be distributed. If you want to test fonts, you can leave a comment in their LiveJournal community or mail them.

Details in Russian