[Project-ideas] About the project on print ready OpenType font for Bengali GSoC2013

[Tanbin Islam Siyam]

Hello sir,

I have sent proposal for this project "Design and development of a print
ready OpenType font for Bengali". Meanwhile I googled about tools available
for font development and found that the tools I use generally are fine for
a font with libre license. But I also found Inkscape and Fontforge are
pretty good bundle for this purpose. So I decided to stick with those open
source solutions and MS VOLT for opentype layer. Do you prefer any font
template to start with?

I will now start collecting books and newspaper text samples to analyze
find out the key points for a good print ready font design. I want to be
full prepared for this project. Hope this will be a enjoyable project if I
am lucky enough to get a chance to work in it.

Regards,
Md. Tanbin Islam Siyam



On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Tanbin Islam Siyam <potasiyam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 1. About the design: The description says, 'The proposal requires the
> design
> > and development of an OpenType font for Bengali'. In my opinion the
> design
> > is the most creative part of a font which requires expertise in
> typography
> > and calligraphy. I can design typefaces as I experienced from my font
> > projects. But as a student of Computer Engineering I have more expertise
> in
> > technical parts. My question is, how the design will be judged to be
> right
> > for this project?
>
> We intend to allow the the designer to come up with documentation that
> explains the design choices made. And, if and when the other project
> to test the aesthetic quality of the font is ready, the font would be
> validated.
>
> > 2. About the tools: I have used Fontlab Studio, Font creator, Fontforge
> and
> > VOLT for previous font projects. And I am also a mid-level Linux user. Do
> > you have a preference for some particular tools this project?
>
> We prefer that you use tools that allow you to release fonts and
> glyphs under a libre license. If your tool(s) allow that, then it is a
> decision you'd have to take.
>
>
> --
> sankarshan mukhopadhyay
> <https://twitter.com/#!/sankarshan>
>



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