Hello Mohamed,
> If FreeType is involved in the program, I would greatly appreciate > it if you could provide me with insights into the specific skills > and qualifications that would be beneficial for prospective > participants. [...] We don't know yet whether we are going to participate in the next GSoC. In any case, starting to work without having any previous experience with or exposure to FreeType or related topics is hard, especially because it is such a low-level library. In other words, you need to have enough interest to actually *use* FreeType for some time (either directly or indirectly with another project that uses it), and this interest should not be restricted to GSoC. Werner