• Bug#1108954: ITP: freecad-font-y14.5-2018-nonfree -- Y14.5-2018 technic

    From Tobias Frost@1:229/2 to All on Tue Jul 8 15:40:02 2025
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    Owner: Tobias Frost <[email protected]>
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    * Package name : freecad-font-y14.5-2018-nonfree
    Upstream Contact: Peter Kanold
    * URL : https://peterkanold.com/fonts/
    * License : non-free
    Description : Y14.5-2018 technical drawing font for FreeCAD

    This package provides the Y14.5-2018 font, a sans-serif TrueType font
    designed to conform closely to the ASME Y14.5-2018 standard for
    dimensioning and tolerancing used in technical and engineering drawings.
    .
    The font is ideal for CAD environments and applications that require
    adherence to precise engineering documentation standards. It emulates
    the traditional technical lettering style found on mechanical and
    architectural blueprints.
    .
    The TechDraw workbench of FreeCAD can utilize this font to produce
    dimensioned drawings that align with the ASME Y14.5-2018 standard.
    .
    The Y14.5 font is only required for drawings that need to comply with ASME
    standards. It is not required for documents following ISO or no standards.

    The font is non-free, as the permsission to modify the font is not spelled out in the license, and an discussion in a FreeCAD issue (https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/18622) the author only provide a personal license for FreeCAD and associated parties.

    FreeCAD will perfectly fine without this font, just the TechDraw Workbench will issue a warning without this font, and the AMSE features won't be available.

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