[Indic-computing-users] Re: [Indic-computing-standards] [Indic-Computing] Indic Font Workshop

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

K Nagarajan wrote:

>Hi Vijay,
>
>Going by the  agenda on all three  days,  there is  hardly  any  scope  for
>anything  other  than OTF and MS tools such as VOLT (save for a small  item
>titled 'Encoding' by Koshy) in this workshop to discuss or share.  You have
>mentioned  that the program is to be revised after  confirmation  from more
>speakers.  That was on Feb  22nd.  Till  now I  haven't  seen  any  further
>updates  on it  on  who  else  would  be  presenting  specific  topics  and
>discussing  generic and special  issues.  So, I wonder - would it be
>just a w/s on OpenType and related issues ?  Pls clarify.  Thanks.
>  
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Dear Nagarajan,

The program for the workshop was to be revised if member would come to 
volunteer for topics as speakers that would have made this workshop 
truly a open debate on Indic-Font. In the course of time and as you have 
also seen nobody came forward. It was expected from you also to take up 
some topic, but you also did not volunteer. I was in constant touch with 
Dr. Pavanaja on the issue and was hoping that some one would come 
forward but at the end of the day topics remain as they are with 
inclusion of special presentation only (which are yet to be scheduled, 
which Pavanaja is supposed to do, after discussing with the speaker). 
Only two presenters Arun M & Karunakar have confirmed till now to take 
up there topics.

My suggestion to you and request to all others is that there is still 
time to include other generic & specific issues related to indic-fonts 
along with the tools (OS) as well. But people who are working on them 
have to come forward to volunteer for the topics. Finally the same could 
be discussed by the community and included in the agenda.

If we are not able to get good presenters to take up those topics, then 
sadly, this workshop would limit it self to Open Type font, as also was 
mentioned in my last mail, Koshy was also of the same opinion.

I guess this is up to you to decide, If you do agree then please contact 
Karunakar & Pavanaja, as they are coordinating the technical programme, 
I am limited to arrangements for the workshop.

thanks

vijay

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>>From: Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya <vi...@ek...>
>>Reply-To: vi...@ek...,
>>        indic-computing-devel <ind...@li...>
>>Organization: ekgaon technologies
>>Subject: [Indic-computing-standards] [Indic-Computing] Indic Font Workshop
>>Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:06:26 +0530
>>Status: RO
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>>Hi!
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>>There are a few updates after the last announcement on the OTF workshop 
>>to share with the community. We had been trying our bit to resolve some 
>>of the problems, concerns, issues raised by the members in the list, 
>>which are definitely correct, understandable and required action. There 
>>had been an off-line debate on the topics and some issues got resolved 
>>as well as some support has came about, hence this announcement. It has 
>>also been recommended by some of members that all debates on workshop 
>>issues should be done on lists only. So here it is for all the member 
>>for open debate as well as there is strong appeal to the members 
>>particularly those who wish to develop open source tools for development 
>>of OTF, hence developers of tools and applications and other those who 
>>suggest alternate standards as against limitations of Unicode for Indian 
>>languages as discussed in Indic-Computing workshop Sept 2002 and again 
>>many time in the Indic-mailing lists.
>>
>>This debate has been suggested to be only limited to "users" list so 
>>that it does not clutter "devel" & "standards" list. However for this 
>>time it is being posted on all lists, so that all members who are 
>>interested should join in users list (if they are already not subscribed 
>>there).
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>>Workshop program: (to be revised after confirmation of more speakers)
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>>Day-1:
>>
>>09:00 - 09:45 Registration
>>09:45 - 10:15 Welcome & Inauguration  J Koshy / Director PESIT
>>10:15 - 10:45 Overview - Pavanaja
>>10:45 - 11:00 Tea break
>>11:00 - 11:30 Planning glyph repertoire - Pavanaja
>>11:30 - 13:00 Introduction to Indian scripts, Character set, tools & Glyph Design & current trends in fonts- Ravi Pande
>>13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
>>14:00 - 15:00 Testing glyphs, Generating Fonts, Font format - Ravi Pande
>>15:00 - 15:15 Tea break
>>15:15 - 17.15 Lab: Define glyphs and fill out repertoire
>>17.15 - Tea & informal interaction
>>
>>Day-2:
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>>09:30 - 10:15 Encoding - J Koshy
>>10:15 - 10:45 Introduction to OTF - Pavanaja
>>10:45 - 11:00 Tea break
>>11:00 - 11:30 Open Type Tables - Pavanaja
>>11:30 - 13:00 Introduction to VOLT - Pavanaja
>>13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
>>14:00  Lab: Open type tables
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>>Day-3:
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>>09:30 - 10:15 Testing - Pavanaja
>>10:15 - 10:45 Hinting  Pavanaja
>>10:45 - 11:00 Tea break
>>11:00 - 11:30 Digitally signing the font - Pavanaja
>>11:30 - 13:00 Fonts on Linux - Karunakar
>>13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
>>14:00  Lab: Open type tables
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>>Special presentations proposed:
>>
>>a. Sunil Abraham, Mahiti, Bangalore, would arrange for an IPR (cyber 
>>laws) lawyer Lawrence Liang, who would discuss the issue of OTF openness 
>>after understanding the Adobe & Microsoft agreement on release of the fonts.
>>b. Development of Otf from Ttf (Akruti) & other fonts experiences: 
>>Karunakar, Nagarjuna, Ravi Pande, Raj Kumar, Sayamindu???
>>c. Open/free software tools for Otf development: M Arun ?????
>>
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Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya
ekgaon technologies
email: vi...@ek...
website: http://www.ekgaon.com




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