Re: [Indic-computing-devel] Roadmap - suggestions

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>>>>> "as" === "Arun Sharma" writes:

[On how to ensure we have some open-source fonts]

as> Is there an alternative we're considering ? Since open type and true
as> type fonts are documented open standards [1], most font editing 
as> tools should be able to import glyphs and reedit.

Quite right.  The point was that the internal storage format of
PfaEdit, though human readable, does not get us much more than using
TT/OpenType directly.

As for alternatives: METAFONT sources exist for a number of indian
scripts today.  However, getting these to work outside of the TeX
environment is something I have not been successful at.  There seem to
be utilities available to convert TTF fonts to METAFONT sources but
not vice-versa.

    http://jeff.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/fonts.html

Regards,
Koshy
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