Re: FreeType website modernisation
Same here: Glad to talk to you again Werner! I’ve just created an account on Gitlab: Username: @coolmanlume I’ll wait for your Gitlab freetype-web repo credentials. So, yes, all this is OK for me. FYI: I can’t give you any timeline/deadlines for my first iterations, (I've got a lot on my plate these days). But I’m looking forward to getting started. Talk soon, Best, Manu — manuel colom · (650) 407-9663 On Mar 21, 2024, 1:53 PM -0700, Werner LEMBERG , wrote: > > Hello Manuel, > > > nice to hear from you! > > > > Lately, I stumbled upon the FreeType webpage. I cannot help to > > think that its current design does not pay tribute or properly > > represent the quality, scale, and impact of this project anymore. > > Well... :-) > > > If you agree I would consider working on some of the low-hanging > > fruits that would re-align FreeType's web design with the current > > zeitgeist: > > > > • Reform the Logo > > • Amend the webpage typography > > • Slightly tweak the webpage layout > > • Slightly modernize the CSS to make the content mobile-friendly > > > > The first criterion would be to keep the footprint very small (In > > the ballpark of what is currently online). > > This sounds great! > > > If interested, I would need to fork the current website, somehow, > > so that I can work on a proposal. > > It's a bit more convoluted to fork FreeType on freedesktop.org since > you have to request permissions. I suggest instead that you register > on > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/users/sign_up > > and I give you developer permissions for > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype-web > > so that you can create a branch directly in our repository. To do > that, I need your registered user name. Would that be OK for you? > > > Werner
Re: FreeType website modernisation
> I’ve just created an account on Gitlab: > Username: @coolmanlume Thanks; I've invited you to be a developer of the 'freetype-web' repository. Werner
Re: FreeType website modernisation
Hello Manuel, nice to hear from you! > Lately, I stumbled upon the FreeType webpage. I cannot help to > think that its current design does not pay tribute or properly > represent the quality, scale, and impact of this project anymore. Well... :-) > If you agree I would consider working on some of the low-hanging > fruits that would re-align FreeType's web design with the current > zeitgeist: > > • Reform the Logo > • Amend the webpage typography > • Slightly tweak the webpage layout > • Slightly modernize the CSS to make the content mobile-friendly > > The first criterion would be to keep the footprint very small (In > the ballpark of what is currently online). This sounds great! > If interested, I would need to fork the current website, somehow, > so that I can work on a proposal. It's a bit more convoluted to fork FreeType on freedesktop.org since you have to request permissions. I suggest instead that you register on https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/users/sign_up and I give you developer permissions for https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype-web so that you can create a branch directly in our repository. To do that, I need your registered user name. Would that be OK for you? Werner
FreeType website modernisation
Hello Freetype, Hello Werner, I’m the guy who has designed the FreeType Logo (David Turner’s friend). Lately, I stumbled upon the FreeType webpage. I cannot help to think that its current design does not pay tribute or properly represent the quality, scale, and impact of this project anymore. If you agree I would consider working on some of the low-hanging fruits that would re-align FreeType's web design with the current zeitgeist: • Reform the Logo • Amend the webpage typography • Slightly tweak the webpage layout • Slightly modernize the CSS to make the content mobile-friendly The first criterion would be to keep the footprint very small (In the ballpark of what is currently online). If interested, I would need to fork the current website, somehow, so that I can work on a proposal. I am very familiar with Github but can use SVN or any other versioning tool if required. Let me know what you think, Best, Manu — manuel colom · (650) 407-9663
