[Indic-computing-devel] [Fwd: Application for participation to the First national OTF Workshop]

[Vijay P. S. A. <vi...@ek...>]

  Hi,

An interesting application for the workshop, worth sharing to explore 
common ideas...

vijay

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Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya
ekgaon technologies
email: vi...@ek...
website: http://www.ekgaon.com



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Application for participation to the First national OTF Workshop
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:31:32 +0545
From: "Amar Gurung" <ama...@in...>
To: <vi...@ek...>



Name: Amar Gurung (Director), Nepali Font Standardization Project
Organization: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya [MPP]
Email: ama...@in... 
<mailto:ama...@in...>   (www.mpp.org.np <http://www.mpp.org.np>)
Participation: Representing the organization
 
What we expect from the workshop
 

The Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya is a non-profit institution of 45 years 
standing, a respected repository of Nepali language and literature. It 
manages the largest archive in the Nepali language, and supports the use 
of Nepali for the social, economic and cultural advancement of all Nepalis.

 

The Pustakalaya, in accordance with this goal, has been involved in a 
project for Nepali Font Standardization, which means making the many 
Nepali fonts compatible by deciding on one coding standard. In its first 
(and current) phase, the Pustakalaya project has achieved the following:

 

1.       A Unicode-compatible Nepali font and corresponding keyboard driver.

2.       A customizable sorting utility for the Nepali language.

3.       A typing tutor software to be distributed freely.

4.       A Nepali font converter utility

 

 

For full details of the project please refer to our website. The 
completion of the first phase of work by the Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya 
lays the groundwork for the extensive usage of computing in the Nepali 
language. The standardization exercise will generate social dividends 
when software developers are spurred to develop applications in the vast 
area that opens up, from governance to administration, social and 
development work, in accounting, communications, education and so on.
 
However, we need to keep ahead with time and learn from other similar 
experiences. We believe the workshop you are organizing is the right 
platform for us to learn new things as well as share our experience with 
others.
 
Therefore I request you to accept our application to participate in the 
workshop. Myself and a collegue (Pawan chitrakar) from the technical 
team would like to attend your workshop.
 
Hope to hear from you soon regarding the above.
 
Thank you,
 
Amar Gurung