| [44] | 1 | QUOTES
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| 2 | Gentium Release 1.02
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| 3 | 28 November 2005
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| 4 | ========================
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| 5 |
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| 6 |
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| 7 | Read some of the comments sent to us by various grateful Gentium users:
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| 10 | 'Purpose: to build a free multilingual font to bring better typography to
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| 11 | thousands of languages around the globe. I can think of no higher calling.'
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| 12 |
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| 13 | '...an interesting blend of economical use of space, a serious tone of voice
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| 14 | and a modern informal dress code.'
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| 15 |
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| 16 | 'Thank you for this fantastic font set -- fantastic both in its purpose and
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| 17 | in its appearance and usability!'
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| 18 |
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| 19 | 'Finally I can include Greek characters in my English papers without looking
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| 20 | typographically schizophrenic!'
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| 21 |
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| 22 | 'Thank you so much for sharing this amazing work. I do love the vision you
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| 23 | have for "written word empowering". This is ethical science at its best.'
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| 24 |
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| 25 | 'Our language restoration project thanks you.'
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| 26 |
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| 27 | 'distinctive, elegant and readable'
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| 28 |
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| 29 | 'a very warm look'
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| 30 |
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| 31 | 'great consistency and legibility'
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| 32 |
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| 33 | 'lotion for the eyes'
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| 34 |
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| 35 | 'Your typeface Gentium is a "friendly" font to me. It's easy to read and its
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| 36 | lines and visual connections flow gently.'
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| 37 |
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| 38 | 'I needed a nice serif font with haceks and other diacriticals... and was
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| 39 | very happy to find your Gentium. Thank you for making this available to us
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| 40 | poorer academic perfectionists!'
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| 41 |
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| 42 | 'Your font is definitely the most complete and good-looking I've found for
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| 43 | my uses in Classical Greek.'
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| 45 | '...the various letters in the Extended-Latin and IPA ranges look "native"
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| 46 | to the font.'
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| 47 |
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| 48 | '...diacritic Nirvana...'
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| 49 |
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| 50 | 'Thank you very much for this excellent font. It is the most readable I have
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| 51 | ever seen.'
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| 52 |
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| 53 | 'Officina Gentium: The workshop of the world.'
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| 54 |
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| 55 | 'Commercial quality for free! That's the best free font that I see.'
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| 56 |
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| 57 | 'May I congratulate you on what seems to be an outstanding effort matched
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| 58 | only by your generosity.'
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| 59 |
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| 60 | 'I will be using this font regularly and will be recommending it strongly to
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| 61 | others. This is a very beautiful typeface. What you have done is a most
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| 62 | generous gift to the world.'
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| 63 |
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| 64 | 'Many thanks. I have an esthetic dislike of "Times" fonts and a scholar's
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| 65 | budget. Now I have Gentium and I'm pleased as punch.'
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| 66 |
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| 67 | 'I appreciate your project, that of making a font suitable for many
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| 68 | languages, including smaller ones.'
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| 69 |
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| 70 | 'I am not sure where in the world I will end up, so I need something all
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| 71 | inclusive. Thanks so much!'
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| 72 |
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| 73 | 'Thanks for such a beautiful and mind-bogglingly useful typeface!'
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| 74 |
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| 75 | ...
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