Yoram's only standards-related work that I'm aware of was on the keyboard layout; the committee benefitted from his knowledge of Hebrew and Biblical characters and their uses. I have let the committee know of his passing, if anyone there shares more I will share it here as well.
On Friday 22 April 2016 10:09:39 Aharon Varady wrote: > I'd very much like to know more about him. Anything more you can say, Shai? > Even basic details. > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Shai Berger <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday 21 April 2016 20:51:10 Lior Kaplan wrote: > > > Thanks for letting us know. I'm very sorry to hear these sad news. > > > > Same here. > > > > Besides open source, Yoram also contributed to open standards -- I met > > him when he contributed to the Hebrew Keyboard Layout standard. > > > > Shai. > > > > > Beside Culmus, Yoram was also very friendly to us @ Hamakor, helping > > > with gathering location in Shenkar. > > > > > > Kaplan > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Aharon Varady > > > <[email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Very sad news to share from the family of Yoram Gnat, digital > > > > typographer > > > > > > from the Open Source Hebrew font foundry, Culmus. His daughter, Orly, > > > > informed me this morning that Yoram Gnat passed away this past > > > > January, shortly after being diagnosed with Leukemia. > > > > > > > > We will post more information about Yoram after we've gathered it for > > > > a remembrance. Yoram was responsible for all of the Culmus fonts > > > > shared with GPL+FE licenses including. (A long list of fonts > > > > contributed by Yoram can be found under his name at > > > > <http://opensiddur.org/tools/fonts>.) > > > > > > > > He was always responsive to our requests to help with changes to > > > > popular > > > > > > fonts -- adding a bowed head lamed to Frank Ruehl and turning on the > > > > niqud for the "Rashi-script" Sepharadi cursive font. Through his > > > > ḥesed in sharing his work open-source, his craft literally affected > > > > millions and we are extremely grateful for his work. > > > > > > > > The Culmus Project continues through the effort of Yoram's long time > > > > collaborator, Maxim Iorsh. > > > > > > > > We hope to share more on Yoram's life and work as it becomes > > > > available. > > > > > > > > May his name and his handiwork be remembered for a blessing. > > > > > > > > > > > > Aharon > > > > > > > > -- > > > > A.N. Varady > > > > Director > > > > the Jewish Free Culture Society > > > > for Open-source in Judaism > > > > https://jewishfreeculture.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Discussions mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions _______________________________________________ Discussions mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions
