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NorthernJohn

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It's under review whether I can use this skin. We keep a load of cartoons etc for our 2 yr old boy on the htpc. We usually put the folder on screen and he points to what he wants to watch. Today he kept pointing at MePo! Got most upset when we couldn't put a MePo video on. :confused:

Good work :)
 

grassynoel

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    It's under review whether I can use this skin. We keep a load of cartoons etc for our 2 yr old boy on the htpc. We usually put the folder on screen and he points to what he wants to watch. Today he kept pointing at MePo! Got most upset when we couldn't put a MePo video on. :confused:

    Good work :)

    That's really funny. :) I have 3 youngsters so I feel your pain.

    Glenn
     

    Efros

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    We have a similar setup for my 3 grandsons, cartoons, Bear in the big blue house, asterix, tom and jerry. Mepo hasn't made it to my htpc box yet, I'm waiting for the next stable release and specifically the new music engine screens before that happens. When it does I foresee problems, especially with the 18 month old!


    PS Barney the purple $%&^$##$*(#* is banned from this house!
     

    pirlone

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    you really hit the nail (again)... ;)
    font goes great with the rest, just bear in mind that has to be free font because of copyright issues...

    haven't tried it on tv yet but maybe the font should be a little bigger. that's only the feeling i've got from this screenshot and i could be wrong tho...

    keep up with your great work!

    rgs, pirlone
     

    grassynoel

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    you really hit the nail (again)... ;)
    font goes great with the rest, just bear in mind that has to be free font because of copyright issues...

    haven't tried it on tv yet but maybe the font should be a little bigger. that's only the feeling i've got from this screenshot and i could be wrong tho...

    keep up with your great work!

    rgs, pirlone

    Yes, the font is free. Glad you like it.

    Glenn
     

    bigj

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    January 10, 2005
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    A quick note about fonts and copyright -

    my understanding is this - the name can be copyrighted or maybe trademarked, and the ttf file itself also I think; but NOT the actual shapes.
    i.e. If you create a bitmap of a ttf and ship just the bitmap it is unencumbered.

    The legal reasoning behind this goes - if you own the copyright on the 'shape' of a font then you'd get to 'grab' rights to all content created using it - which is just too much.

    Anyway, to cut to the chase - if MP used bitmap fonts then copyright would not be an issue. But the run-time scaling and ttf provides is too useful to give up I guess so this is probably all academic.

    BigJ.
     

    grassynoel

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    further reading:


    IDEATYPE+lab
    research, exploration and creation of typo spaces


    FONT iDENTITY [Author: Danko Tomas ::: Croatia]


    Identity: Searching for identity


    This font is postcardware. Share it
    with other people and use it for free.
    Do not change it without author permission!
    Copyrighted by Danko Tomas

    Send comments to: danko.tomas@du.hinet.hr

    (c) 2002 Danko Tomas, All rights reserved
    _________________________________
    IDEATYPE+lab
    http://idea2design.portland.co.uk

    So I assume it's okay.
    Glenn
     

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