A New Malayalam Free Software Font Project

[Praveen A]

Hi Dave,

It is really exciting to see your interest in Malayalam. Will
definitely help you in this work. Free Software and GNU/Linux is
taught in all schools in Kerala. It is picking up pace quite fast.
Recently there has been and increased interest about Free Software
among Malayalam bloggers.  We have got quite a lot of mainstream
coverage for our Software Freedom Day celebrations (you might have
seen the news paper scans from Anivar's flickr). It was great to read
your blog too.

Will keep in touch and help you in this project.

Cheers
Praveen

2007/11/2, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a student at The University of Reading, UK, on the Masters degree
> in Typeface Design - http://www.typedesign.rdg.ac.uk/ - and am working
> on free software fonts.
>
> A significant part of the course is developing our typeface into a
> family with a complex script complement, and full OpenType features.
>
> I am considering designing an original Malayalam typeface designed for
> reading long passages of text on screen, that will be wholly created
> with and released as free software.
>
> I found your contact details on the GNU Savannah Project SMC members
> page, and thought I'd email you to see if you would be interested in
> contributing to my project a little.
>
> I would be very grateful if you could tell me (or email digital
> photos) about the kinds of documents you make and print, and how much
> text created by free software is read on-screen or printed out. In
> fact, general descriptions about how widely used GNU/Linux is, and
> what kinds of things it is used for, would be great :-)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave
>


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