[Indic-computing-users] GPL Fonts for Indian Scripts

[jitendra <jit...@vs...>]

Dear Michael
  It is nice to have someone help in Indian scripts.
Akruti fonts , commercially developed for Windows have now been exposed
into GPL.
It is necessary to start with these and develop a set of OTF fonts.
We would like you to also help in critically eveluating our efforts so
that a standard is eveolved.
One issue is what encodings to use for which joint characters.
How to ensure a standard by 'default'  becuase the government
agencies/companies are too sluggish in making their standards open and
thus make standard by 'design'..
I don't know if I am speaking out of turn and out of ignorance but that
is what I feel today.
Jitendra