On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 10:28 +0800, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > Hi Paul, > MPH 2B Damase does not have a free and open-source license. I was > wondering if the author would be flexible to relicense using a license > such as OFL. > This might help out in order to get a team working on the font. > > Simos
Yes, I agree...currently we accept public domain and Open Font Licensed fonts. It would be great to help on this font granted the licensing is in order... Jn > On 2/11/07, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > [please CC me on any replies] > > > > MPH 2B Damase is a public domain font implementing some of the newer > > parts of Unicode 4.1. A short description of it is here: > > > > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/ttf-mph-2b-damase > > > > The author hasn't had time to work on it for a long time, so I suggested > > that a maintenance team could be formed in order to keep it up to date, > > add more glyphs and so on. Is anyone interested in helping form such a > > team and working on MPH 2B Damase? > > > > PS: If anyone is a regular on typophile.com and would like to post this > > message there, please do. > > > > For those who might be interested, here is my email exchange with the > > author: > > > > > On 06/02/07, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I note that fixedsys.org is still not back up. Have you updated MPH > > > > 2B Damase at all and placed it on a new website? If not, do you > > > > think it would be a good idea to convert it to a fontforge .sfd file > > > > or two, create a sourceforge or savannah project to maintain it on > > > > and solicit for maintainers amongst the free fonts community? I'm > > > > sure some of the people who commented on the debian package > > > > inclusion would help out. Do you know if it uses any features > > > > fontforge does not support? > > > > > > No, I haven't updated the font (although I did intend to at one point, > > > I'm pretty sure now it's not going to happen, at least not for a few > > > years) nor have I placed it on a new website. I don't know if it uses > > > any features fontforge doesn't support -- the main issues that I would > > > anticipate are how diacritics are done (I don't remember the technical > > > terms, but the way I did it, iirc, is "illegal", where each > > > precomposed character actually calls upon the diacritic and the base > > > character and combines them on the spot), and the use of characters > > > beyond the BMP (although by now, any font editor that can't handle > > > that is essentially worthless, so I'm assuming that is not an issue > > > with fontforge). > > > > > > You and others are welcome to do any or all of the things you > > > suggested, I unfortunately do not have time right now. If nobody were > > > to end up doing it, I suppose I might eventually, but unfortunately I > > > am very much occupied in real life at the moment and don't anticipate > > > having much, if any, time to continue my amateur font foundring for > > > the next couple of years, although I would be happy to answer any > > > questions at all anyone might have about fonts or writing systems. > > > > -- > > bye, > > pabs > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier. > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > DejaVu-fonts mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dejavu-fonts > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openfontlibrary mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
