[smc-discuss] SMC Malayalam fonts new release candidate and call for participation to update Fonts

[Nandaja Varma]

I am interested in contributing. :)

Regards,
Nandaja Varma
nandajavarma.wordpress.com
On 30-Sep-2013 4:03 PM, "Rajeesh K Nambiar" <rajeeshknambiar at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> <tl;dr> version: Release candidates of new font versions available for
> testing.
>                  Call for pariticipation if you are interested to
> learn Font and rendering related technologies - we'll teach you!
>
> New Font versions
> =================
> Yesterday we tagged release candidates for new versions of Malayalam
> fonts. Some of you community members have already been using them,
> testing and reporting issues. They are in a shape for wider use now.
> This is a call for testing the new versions and report any issues
> before we do the final release in 2 weeks, during 12th year of SMC
> celebrations.
>
> 2 versions are available:
> 5.1:     This version of fonts has seen a wide array of enhancements,
> updates and bugfixes for all the fonts. This version supports only the
> v1 mlym opentype specifications and will go into maintenance mode from
> now on. This is the recommended version for all those who are stuck at
> old rendering enginessuch as old pango, Qt, especially ICU (old
> versions of {Open,Libre}Office,XeTeX), Windows XP etc.
>
> 6.0:     This version is updated to have support for both v1 (mlym)
> and v2 (mlm2) opentype specification - at the moment only for Rachana
> and Meera fonts. This version works on old-pango, Qt, Windows XP,
> Harbuzz and Uniscribe (Windows 7, Windows 8). ICU layout engine is
> *not* supported and users depending on that (old Open/LibreOffice, old
> XeTeX et al) are out of luck. All new enhancements and development
> effort will go into this version, I'll merge the 'mlm2' branch into
> 'master' once we do the final release. This is the recommended version
> for all new users.
>
> Please go forth, use these new fonts and report any issues you perceive.
> Download links[¹] [²] are provided at the end of this email.
>
>
> Update other Fonts and Learn How to - we offer help too!
> ========================================================
> Meera and Rachana fonts have seen most updates and rest of the fonts
> (Anjali, Dyuthi, Kalyani, Suruma, RaghuMalayalam) need to be updated
> for all new shiny features. This is a great opportunity for community
> members to get involved and add features, fix bugs and update the
> fonts. Never done before or don't know how to do it? Santhosh and I
> are willing to take online sessions to show you how to. We need more
> contributors and we encourage anyone interested to get their hands
> dirty.
>
> Let us know if you are interested - send a one line reply to this
> thread and we'll see how best to arrange these sessions.
>
>
> Download links
> ===========
> [¹] 5.1 version:
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/fonts/malayalam-fonts-5.1/
> [²] 6.0 version:
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/fonts/malayalam-fonts-6.0/
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Rajeesh
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