3 new open fonts have been commissioned by Google to become the default font selection for their Chrom*OS: Arimo, Cousine and Tinos. According to bug 5287, these open fonts will replace the Liberation font family in that particular mobile OS. Looking at the ebuild SRC_URI (Mmm, I didn't realise Chrom*OS was based on Gentoo...) and going to the public download link I can see in the metadata that these 3 fonts have been designed by Steve Matteson from Ascender and released under the OFL.
The description blurbs for the 3 fonts indicate the intent:
Arimo was designed by Steve Matteson as an innovative, refreshing sans serif design that is metrically compatible with Arial™. Arimo offers improved on-screen readability characteristics and the pan-European WGL character set and solves the needs of developers looking for width-compatible fonts to address document portability across platforms.
Tinos was designed by Steve Matteson as an innovative, refreshing sans serif design that is metrically compatible with Times New Roman™. Tinos offers improved on-screen readability characteristics and the pan-European WGL character set and solves the needs of developers looking for width-compatible fonts to address document portability across platforms.
Cousine was designed by Steve Matteson as an innovative, refreshing sans serif design that is metrically compatible with Courier New™. Cousine offers improved on-screen readability characteristics and the pan-European WGL character set and solves the needs of developers looking for width-compatible fonts to address document portability across platforms.
Open fonts as THE answer for compatibility and document portability across platforms! Another smart move IMHO. This investment in commissioning established foundries to do open font design will pay off. Makes perfect sense :-D