jgjh Hello, I am Tanbin Islam Siyam, studying final semester of B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering in Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh. I have volunteered in several Bengali font projects. These are my own and widely popular font projects for Avro Keyboard ( http://www.omicronlab.com)- * Siyam Rupali - https://github.com/potasiyam/Siyam-Rupali * Kalpurush - https://github.com/potasiyam/Kalpurush
Siyam Rupali is also being used in Bengali Wikipedia as web font. Recently I worked on the Amar Bornomala Font project as a developer. This project was a joint collaboration of Bangla Academy, Access to Information and Department of Graphics Design, University of Dhaka. Project url- http://www.amarbornomala.gov.bd/fonts/details/1 I found the project "Design and development of a print ready OpenType font for Bengali" really interesting and it matches my skills. I am Interested to apply for GSoC2013 to work on this project. But I need some more information to better understand the project. 1. About the design: The description says, 'The proposal requires the design and development of an OpenType font for Bengali'. In my opinion the design is the most creative part of a font which requires expertise in typography and calligraphy. I can design typefaces as I experienced from my font projects. But as a student of Computer Engineering I have more expertise in technical parts. My question is, how the design will be judged to be right for this project? 2. About the tools: I have used Fontlab Studio, Font creator, Fontforge and VOLT for previous font projects. And I am also a mid-level Linux user. Do you have a preference for some particular tools this project? I have planned and started writing up my proposal. It would be great if you could help me to understand the project clearly so I can finish my proposal. Hope to have some chat on IRC while writing the proposal. Regards, -- Tanbin Islam Siyam potasiyam.wordpress.com | potasiyam.deviantart.com | https://twitter.com/#!/potasiyam
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