Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released

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From	Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk>
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Subject	Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released
Date	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:06:05 +0100
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In message <7b4dfdd552.jess@itworkshop.invalid>
          Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> wrote:

> In message <bbeeeed552.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
>           Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

>> Why on earth would you want to use a package manager to install a
>> font on RISC OS?

> Adding and removing them easily.

Packaging would not help you remove them more easily

> Not having to download them.

You still download them if you use were to use a package manager!

> But more to the point, knowing they existed, if I didn't happen to
> have read the newsgroup.

Then you possibly only need to wait about 4 weeks for the new package 
from R-comp, it will be free I believe, Theo knows what I mean. :-)

This would at least solve your last point complete;y.

-- 
Chris Hughes

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Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Jess Hampshire <jesshampshire@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-27 17:02 +0100
  Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 16:59 +0000
    Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-27 19:48 +0100
      Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:41 +0100
  Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:07 +0100
    Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-27 23:44 +0100
      Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 08:06 +0100
        Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-28 13:07 +0100
  Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-09-28 00:27 +0100
    Re: Simonetta (font) for RISC OS released "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 09:45 +0100

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