[Project-ideas] Application for GSoc 2013

[Shashank M Chakravarthy]

Oh cool. Thanks a lot. 

On 19-Apr-2013, at 9:32 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:25 PM, shashank chakravarthy
> <shashank.chakravarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On what basis will the standard be set? Based on the real time script?
>> Then if i am on the right track, we'll have to create a font using someother
>> tool and keep that as a standard? And also in the project ideas, it states
>> that understanding of a mobile platform is required.
>> Can you elaborate?
> 
> I could, but that would mean that I'll be doing the homework :) Here's
> a hint - the OpenType specification provides a somewhat reasonable
> amount of detail of what an ideal font should possess as
> characteristics.
> 
> The idea is not to create a baseline reference font and compare
> everything against the baseline. Considering the number of Indian
> scripts to cover, a baseline would be awkward. What is however
> expected is to be able to create a modular system which can accept a
> font-under-test, examine it based on certain qualitative aspects and
> provide a score/ranking (which in turn can be translated into
> something that is easily understandable).
> 
> 
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> sankarshan mukhopadhyay
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