May I know the status of the project I submitted afew days back
(details below) ?
Thanks
Ramakrishnan
|| On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:34:22 -0500
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s> A package was submitted to
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s> Ramakrishnan M <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
s> License: gpl
s> Other License:
s> Package: Rachana Malayalam Fonts
s> System name: rachana
s> Type: GNU
s> Description:
s> The project aims to develop proper TrueType and OpenType fonts for
Malayalam script used in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The
Rachana project which aims to revive the usage of traditional
malayalam script (which is different from the one currently being in
use, because a short-sighted Govt department thought of reducing the
alphabets to suit the usage of typewriters in 1950s). Rachana (which
included fonts and software) was till now non-free. This week, Rachana
authors decided to make the fonts as GNU GPL and when RMS visited
Kerala this week, it was declared as GNU GPLed and the copyright
changes etc were made. I will have the fonts on a URL today or
tomorrow (it will be in www.hackGNU.org/rachana). We would like to
take the fonts from there and make an OpenType font out of the 900+
glyphs contained in the Rachana fonts.
s> We would also like to have this as a GNU project.
s> Other Software Required:
s> The fonts require Pango and Freetype to render OpenType. Also to
make OpenType fonts we plan to use the program called pfaedit. ALl are
free software.
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