<p dir="ltr">I am interested in contributing. :)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,<br>
Nandaja Varma<br>
<a href="http://nandajavarma.wordpress.com">nandajavarma.wordpress.com</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 30-Sep-2013 4:03 PM, "Rajeesh K Nambiar" <<a href="mailto:rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com">rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<tl;dr> version: Release candidates of new font versions available for testing.<br>
Call for pariticipation if you are interested to<br>
learn Font and rendering related technologies - we'll teach you!<br>
<br>
New Font versions<br>
=================<br>
Yesterday we tagged release candidates for new versions of Malayalam<br>
fonts. Some of you community members have already been using them,<br>
testing and reporting issues. They are in a shape for wider use now.<br>
This is a call for testing the new versions and report any issues<br>
before we do the final release in 2 weeks, during 12th year of SMC<br>
celebrations.<br>
<br>
2 versions are available:<br>
5.1: This version of fonts has seen a wide array of enhancements,<br>
updates and bugfixes for all the fonts. This version supports only the<br>
v1 mlym opentype specifications and will go into maintenance mode from<br>
now on. This is the recommended version for all those who are stuck at<br>
old rendering enginessuch as old pango, Qt, especially ICU (old<br>
versions of {Open,Libre}Office,XeTeX), Windows XP etc.<br>
<br>
6.0: This version is updated to have support for both v1 (mlym)<br>
and v2 (mlm2) opentype specification - at the moment only for Rachana<br>
and Meera fonts. This version works on old-pango, Qt, Windows XP,<br>
Harbuzz and Uniscribe (Windows 7, Windows 8). ICU layout engine is<br>
*not* supported and users depending on that (old Open/LibreOffice, old<br>
XeTeX et al) are out of luck. All new enhancements and development<br>
effort will go into this version, I'll merge the 'mlm2' branch into<br>
'master' once we do the final release. This is the recommended version<br>
for all new users.<br>
<br>
Please go forth, use these new fonts and report any issues you perceive.<br>
Download links[¹] [²] are provided at the end of this email.<br>
<br>
<br>
Update other Fonts and Learn How to - we offer help too!<br>
========================================================<br>
Meera and Rachana fonts have seen most updates and rest of the fonts<br>
(Anjali, Dyuthi, Kalyani, Suruma, RaghuMalayalam) need to be updated<br>
for all new shiny features. This is a great opportunity for community<br>
members to get involved and add features, fix bugs and update the<br>
fonts. Never done before or don't know how to do it? Santhosh and I<br>
are willing to take online sessions to show you how to. We need more<br>
contributors and we encourage anyone interested to get their hands<br>
dirty.<br>
<br>
Let us know if you are interested - send a one line reply to this<br>
thread and we'll see how best to arrange these sessions.<br>
<br>
<br>
Download links<br>
===========<br>
[¹] 5.1 version:<br>
<a href="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/fonts/malayalam-fonts-5.1/" target="_blank">http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/fonts/malayalam-fonts-5.1/</a><br>
[²] 6.0 version:<br>
<a href="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/fonts/malayalam-fonts-6.0/" target="_blank">http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/smc/fonts/malayalam-fonts-6.0/</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Rajeesh<br>
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