Blueprint changed by Christopher Adams: Whiteboard changed: http://develop.github.com/ Fonts on Github: * https://github.com/klepas/open-baskerville * https://github.com/antonxheight/Arvo http://files.korkork.com/index.php?/fonts/arvo/ * https://github.com/khaledhosny/euler-otf * https://github.com/khaledhosny/punk-otf * https://github.com/rbrito/urw-garamond * https://github.com/ambethia/droid-fonts * https://github.com/rojkov/ttf-paratype-sans + + Notes: + + The initial inspiration for looking at Github as a font repository was + the excellent work that the Open Baskerville Project has done, plus the + fact that the current OFLB developers use git as standard practice. + + The advantage of Github is that it combines reliable upload service with + perfect version control. File upload is unfortunately a non-trivial + technology especially if you want to support it across many browsers. + There are some good JavaScript libraries available, but consider the + fact that Flash uploaders used to be the lingua franca of file uploads + and you have a view into the problem. + + What the Open Font Library will work with is a directory of files, which + includes OTFs or TTFs as well as a FONTLOG.txt and other data. Whether + these files originate from a git repo or .zip file is immaterial to the + functioning of the site. + + The main considerations are: + + a) can we reliably support a robust file upload system in the short + term? + + b) are there gains to be made by having the entire history of the font + readily available through a 'git pull'? + + c) will any reliance on a third-party like Github be a detriment to + converting real designers to using the Font Library, even in the short + term? (Even though the Font Library will be agnostic to which git repo + is used) + + d) can we use external git repos as a very effective stopgap while we + ensure the integrity of a homegrown file upload solution?
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