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 - amount of [gittip](http://gittip.com) donations per week: `tips | $2/week`
 
 ## Font
-The font chosen in the specification is the Apache licensed Open Sans Regular available from [Google Web Fonts](http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Open+Sans).
+The font chosen in the specification is [DejaVu Sans](http://dejavu-fonts.org) a font family based on the Vera Fonts under a [Free license](http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/License). 
 
 ## Specification
 See [SPECIFICATION.md](spec/SPECIFICATION.md).