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Dear Raj,

Raveesh said that he will check and get back to us. We should nevertheless go ahead with our plans for the OTF workshops. In Mumbai, Prakash Advani is exploring doing a workshop and is speaking to the JJ School of Arts for the same.

Venky
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ra...@li... wrote
Venky Hariharan said:

> How much does it cost to design a good looking Open Type Font?

The answer is in 2 parts

How much does it costs to create a good looking comprehensive set of glyphs
How much does it costs to convert the set of glyphs into opentype font

The first part is the domain of an artist and the second can be done my a
computer expert. Creating a font from ground up is a major undertaking and
can take any where from 3 months to years.
Converting to Opentype do not necessarily cost money as we might be able
to get the necessary resources amonst ourselves.
When TUGIndia tried to buy a typeface from PM Hashim, he initially quoted
50,000 for a typeface which was already developed for some one else.
Finally  we managed to bargain it down to 15,000 for a non exclusive right
to modify and redistribute the font. I guess this should give a rough
estimate. You can contact Hashim at  has...@md...
Staying in the same subject, Any progress wrt Opentype workshop by MS? I
have written to Raveesh Gupta, but yet to receive a reply.
raj