<div dir="ltr">jgjh<br>Hello,<br>I am Tanbin Islam Siyam, studying final semester of B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering in Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh. I have volunteered in several Bengali font projects. These are my own and widely popular font projects for Avro Keyboard (<a href="http://www.omicronlab.com">http://www.omicronlab.com</a>)-<br>
* Siyam Rupali - <a href="https://github.com/potasiyam/Siyam-Rupali">https://github.com/potasiyam/Siyam-Rupali</a><br>* Kalpurush - <a href="https://github.com/potasiyam/Kalpurush">https://github.com/potasiyam/Kalpurush</a><br>
<br>Siyam Rupali is also being used in Bengali Wikipedia as web font.<br>Recently I worked on the Amar Bornomala Font project as a developer. This project was a joint collaboration of Bangla Academy, Access to Information and Department of Graphics Design, University of Dhaka. Project url- <a href="http://www.amarbornomala.gov.bd/fonts/details/1">http://www.amarbornomala.gov.bd/fonts/details/1</a><br>
<br>I found the project "Design and development of a print ready OpenType font for Bengali" really interesting and it matches my skills. I am Interested to apply for GSoC2013 to work on this project. But I need some more information to better understand the project.<br>
<br>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?<br>
<br>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?<br><br>
I have planned and started writing up my proposal. It would be great if you could help me to understand the project clearly so I can finish my proposal. Hope to have some chat on IRC while writing the proposal.<br><br>Regards,<br>
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