2006/2/3, Monika Shah <address@hidden>:
We
have tested gargi(version 1.9) on all platforms(Gnu/Linux & Windows
- openoffice1.1.3, 1.4, 2.0, kwrite, mozilla, firefox, Word, notepad,
IE, etc) and it works fine on each.
We are also trying to
figure out the differences between gargi and FreeSans and is we are
able to locate any then we will forward it to you.
Perhaps we can make a simpler test first: I will open the TrueType font
gargi.ttf with Fontforge, convert quadratic splines to cubic, simplify
splines (these are actually two of the steps I did when merging Gargi
with FreeSans), and then export it back as TrueType font. I plan to
send the file to you only, since not all the readers of the mailing
list neccessary appreciate being bombed with large attachments.
If
possible please let us know how do you merge fonts. I basically want to
ask that is there any other method by which font of one language
(unicode) can be merged with font of other language(unicode) without
actally doing copy-paste work for each glyph?
Secondly if other method is possible will it retain all its properties like anchor points, ligatures etc in merged font?
I merged the fonts using a procedure that is basically the same as the
one described on
<
http://www.gnowledge.org/Gnoware/localization/merge.htm>; the
only difference is that instead of copy/paste functions I used
Fontforge's function Element -> Merge fonts.
With kind regards,
Primoz
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Primoz PETERLIN" <
address@hidden>
> To: "Monika Shah" <address@hidden>
> Subject: [Indlinux-group] Re: Testing of FreeSans - devanagari script - latest version
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:24:14 +0100
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for this testing and the report. I remember you reported on
> December 23, 2005 that the problems with FreeSans in OpenOffice
1.1.3 on
> GNU/Linux remained even after I correctly imported the anchor points from
> Gargi. I think you did not test in OpenOffice 1.1.4 on GNU/Linux at the
> time, while OpenOffice 1.1.4 on Windows XP allegedly worked without
> problems, as did OpenOffice 2.0, Gedit 2.6.4, Kwrite 4.4, Mozilla 1.8a5,
> Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and Konqueror 3.4.1 on GNU/Linux and Notepad, MS Word,
> IE 6.0 and Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows XP.
>
> I believe I forgot to ask back then whether Gargi 1.9 works fine with
> OpenOffice 1.1.3 on Linux? If it does, I regret I am at the moment short of
> explanation why FreeSans exhibits problems with composed characters while
> the original Gargi does not - it looks that there is something apart from
> the anchor point tables that we didn't properly import into FreeSans.
> Perhaps I should compare the sources and try to figure out the differences
> between Gargi and the Devanagari part of Free Sans.
>
> With kind regards,
> Primoz
> <
file:///c:/Documents%20and%20Settings/primoz/Desktop/freesans/freesanszip/snapshots/FreeSans/vs2/openoffice2.0_janabhaaratii.png>
> 2006/1/31, Monika Shah <address@hidden
>:
> >
> > Hello,
> > We have tested the latest version of FreeSans.ttf (for Devanagari
> > script) and have noticed problems in case of openoffice1.1.3 and
> > Openoffice1.1.4
.
> > It works fine on mozilla , kwrite and Gedit.
> >
> > Perhaps snapshopts attached will help you to visulaise the problem.
> >
> > It has yet to be tested on Windows platform.
> >
> > With Regards,
> > Monika Shah, Sonali Sonania,
> > janabhaaratii Team ,
> > CDAC,Mumbai
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Primoz PETERLIN" <
address@hidden>
> > > To: address@hidden,
address@hidden
> > > Subject: [Freefont-bugs] A new release of Free UCS outline fonts
> > > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:11:10 +0100
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > A new release of Free UCS outline font suite has been made available for
> > > download at http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/freefont/
-
> > release
> > > 20060126.
> > >
> > > Some major achievements in this release:
> > >
> > > * support for Devanagari and Gujarati in Free Sans, a contribution from
> > > existing fonts Gargi 1.9 and Padmaa 0.7. A whole bunch of people were
> > > involved in their development, including Cyberscape Multimedia Ltd.,
> > Homi
> > > Bhabha Centre For Science Education, and of course Monika Shah and
> > Sonali
> > > Sonania of janabhaaratii Team, C-DAC, Mumbai, who also happen to be
> > members
> > > of the Free UCS outline font project team.
> > >
> > > * support for Gurmukhi in Free Sans and Free Sans Bold, a contribution
> > from
> > > existing fonts AnmolUni and AnmolUni-Bold, courtesy Kulbir Singh Thind
> > and
> > > Punjabonline.
> > >
> > > * better support for Tamil in Free Serif, courtesy Pravin Satpute,
> > Bageshri
> > > Salvi, Rahul Bhalerao and Sandeep Shedmake of the Samyak project
> > >
> > > Some minor achievements include replacing accented Latin letters with
> > > references, completing IPA extensions (but not the spacing modifier
> > letters)
> > > in Free Serif, some progress with support for Armenian in Free Sans
> > Bold,
> > > and random additions and improvements here and there.
> > >
> > > Plans for future include incorporation of the fonts from the Samyak
> > project
> > > into Free Serif (Devanagari, Gujarati and Oriya are in line), adding
> > support
> > > for Georgian and support for musical symbols. We are also close on some
> > > points to MES-2 conformance (Free Serif lacks 9 characters, Free Mono
> > 18,
> > > Free Serif Bold 31, and Free Sans 47).
> > >
> > > Truetype fonts were compiled using Fontforge-20060114. Please test the
> > fonts
> > > for errors and let me know - preferably using the list
> > > address@hidden - so that we can together improve the fonts.
> > >
> > > With kind regards,
> > > Primoz
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Freefont-bugs mailing list
> > >
address@hidden
> > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freefont-bugs
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow
> > Pages
> >
> >
> > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=""
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
--
_______________________________________________
Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages
http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC="">
