Which Non-Latin Scripts Do Free Software Fonts Not Cover?
Hi All,
I've just started the Masters degree in Typeface Design at the University of Reading (for which Gentium was a submitted project) and we're expected to do a non-latin script complement to our font, and I'd thought I'd ask around if anyone here has any opinions about the following:
Are there non-latin scripts that free software fonts do not cover at all at the moment?
Which non-latin script communities are adopting free software and would benefit from more fonts?
:-)
-- Regards, Dave
Hey,
This is one of my many "sorry I can't realy help, BUT..." answers:
I don't know if I understand you right, but aren't the a LOT of localised LINUX (-LiveCD) Distro's out there? Even for excusez-le-mot, "ridiculous" small language-communities? I'd say: have a look around among all the Ubuntu releases and pick a small language, and see if they have all the nice fonts WE have. I remember reading an article about a small, Boudhist, east-asian state (200.000 citizens, or so?) where the gouverment changed to Linux because Microsoft couldn't provide them with a localised version of ther OS. They have their own alphatet. Anybody else remembers this? They had a Tux in orange munk's robe as mascotte.
Are you willing to share some nice fonts with us ^ ^ ?
Maarten
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Dave Crossland Sent: Tue 16-Oct-07 23:44 To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] Which Non-Latin Scripts Do Free Software Fonts NotCover?
Hi All,
I've just started the Masters degree in Typeface Design at the University of Reading (for which Gentium was a submitted project) and we're expected to do a non-latin script complement to our font, and I'd thought I'd ask around if anyone here has any opinions about the following:
Are there non-latin scripts that free software fonts do not cover at all at the moment?
Which non-latin script communities are adopting free software and would benefit from more fonts?
:-)
-- Regards, Dave
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Hi Maarten!
On 17/10/2007, Maarten van der Velde <Maarten.van-der-Velde@...2171...> wrote:
Hey,
This is one of my many "sorry I can't realy help, BUT..." answers:
I don't know if I understand you right, but aren't the a LOT of localised LINUX (-LiveCD) Distro's out there? Even for excusez-le-mot, "ridiculous" small language-communities? I'd say: have a look around among all the Ubuntu releases and pick a small language, and see if they have all the nice fonts WE have.
Great idea! :-)
I remember reading an article about a small, Boudhist, east-asian state (200.000 citizens, or so?) where the gouverment changed to Linux because Microsoft couldn't provide them with a localised version of ther OS. They have their own alphatet. Anybody else remembers this? They had a Tux in orange munk's robe as mascotte.
Are you willing to share some nice fonts with us ^ ^ ?
I've just started the MA Typeface Design programme at the University of Reading, so I'll be getting a lot of coaching from proprietary designers, and will be committing a year of time and energy into a major font project alone, since its a difficult question of how to assess student work that is public-collaborative. Maybe some clever svn and fontdiff tools could sort that out, but I'm not a programmer (yet..) - but still, I'll be publishing all my work-in-progress as free software, for sure :-)
Okay, this might get a little off-topic, but I was wondering if it is possible to design characters for a language one is not literate in? Thinking of asian (f.e. Chinese) calligraphy, I remember that there was a lot ado about the balance and the harmony (etc.) of a character. Can western eyes adequately judge the esthethics of onfamiliar fonts?
Don't get me wrong: this is no critique, just sheer curiosity from a font-fetishist... :D
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Dave Crossland Sent: Sun 21-Oct-07 13:09 To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Which Non-Latin Scripts Do Free Software FontsNotCover?
Hi Maarten!
On 17/10/2007, Maarten van der Velde <Maarten.van-der-Velde@...2171...> wrote:
Hey,
This is one of my many "sorry I can't realy help, BUT..." answers:
I don't know if I understand you right, but aren't the a LOT of localised LINUX (-LiveCD) Distro's out there? Even for excusez-le-mot, "ridiculous" small language-communities? I'd say: have a look around among all the Ubuntu releases and pick a small language, and see if they have all the nice fonts WE have.
Great idea! :-)
I remember reading an article about a small, Boudhist, east-asian state (200.000 citizens, or so?) where the gouverment changed to Linux because Microsoft couldn't provide them with a localised version of ther OS. They have their own alphatet. Anybody else remembers this? They had a Tux in orange munk's robe as mascotte.
Are you willing to share some nice fonts with us ^ ^ ?
I've just started the MA Typeface Design programme at the University of Reading, so I'll be getting a lot of coaching from proprietary designers, and will be committing a year of time and energy into a major font project alone, since its a difficult question of how to assess student work that is public-collaborative. Maybe some clever svn and fontdiff tools could sort that out, but I'm not a programmer (yet..) - but still, I'll be publishing all my work-in-progress as free software, for sure :-)
On 21/10/2007, Maarten van der Velde <Maarten.van-der-Velde@...2171...> wrote:
Okay, this might get a little off-topic, but I was wondering if it is possible to design characters for a language one is not literate in?
Certainly! Doing a complex script is one of the big parts of the Masters degree I'm doing (see http://www.typedesign.rdg.ac.uk) and apparently non-literate designers can do better work, because they have to be more careful and study the details of the letterforms more than a literate person.
Thinking of asian (f.e. Chinese) calligraphy, I remember that there was a lot ado about the balance and the harmony (etc.) of a character.
That's true for all scripts! :-)
Don't get me wrong: this is no critique, just sheer curiosity from a font-fetishist... :D
:-)
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