I am a fan of open source and free software. I am also fan of font. The open source project logo font is always interesting for me. After googling, I have finally got the following results.
- Ubuntu

This font is Ubuntu-Title. It was made using Inkscape and FontForge. In Ubuntu, you can install it with the following command:
sudo apt-get install ttf-ubuntu-titleYou can also download the font directly from the Ubuntu Wiki website.
- Debian

This font is Laudatio BQ Condensed. It is a commercial font. For more information, you can click here.
- openSUSE

This font is Cholla. It’s also commercial font. For more information, you can click here.
- Fedora

This font is Bryant2. It is not a free font. For more information refer to this message on fedora-art-list. You can also click here.
- GNOME

This font is a hand-tweaked version of Bitstream Vera Sans. In Ubuntu, you can install Bitstream Vera Sans with this command:
sudo apt-get install ttf-bitstream-veraYou can also download the font directly from the GNOME FTP website.
- KDE

This font is Kabel Book. You can download it here.
- Firefox

This font is Meta Bold LF-Roman. For more information, you can click here.
5 responses so far ↓
1 sunny beach // Jul 1, 2008 at 1:40 am
very interesting esp. Debian’s not being free.
2 Thura // Jan 21, 2009 at 3:35 am
Very nice info, thanks …
3 Eleazar // Feb 4, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Hey nice post, do you happen to know which font is used in the opensource logo? (this one)
4 Cricket // Mar 11, 2009 at 10:17 am
Thanks for posting.
Me too also wanting to know what font is used for OpenSource logo.
5 Lâmôlabs » Delicious Bookmarks for March 22nd from 10:58 to 12:17 // Mar 22, 2009 at 10:52 am
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