On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:43 PM, saket sinha <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am interested in applying in GSOC 2013 with the project idea "A > method/tool for assessing the coverage of a font in terms of glyphs for a > language" If <https://github.com/ankur-india/ankur-india/wiki/Project-Ideas#a-methodtool-for-assessing-the-coverage-of-a-font-in-terms-of-glyphs-for-a-language> is what you indicated, I'd like to know if there are specific aspects you'd want to get clarified. > I am working on a similar project , the details of which I am listing below- > > BOSS-MOOL- A Joint Initiative of DOS Lab IIT Madras and CDAC Chennai > > WEBSITE-http://dos.iitm.ac.in/projects/MOOL > > GUIDE: Prof. D. Janakiram > > DISCRIPTION- In GNU/LINUX operating system, support for the Indian text > processing is being implemented. The application programming would be > simpler if the application can inherit support from the drivers. For this, > OOPS is being implemented in the kernel drivers. The displayed shapes for > any script is from the glyphs in a font. Kernel, at present, supports 1:1 > mapping of glyphs and characters but for Indian scripts 1: Many mapping has > to be implemented. I am not sure I follow the description provided by you, I'll check it up. Meanwhile, could you check the UTRRS project? > As it is clearly seen I have prior experience of working on a similar kind > of work, that is why I am keen of contributing to this project. > > > If somebody volunteer to mentor me, I shall really be grateful. You would be required to use the Melange system to submit a proposal before a mentor chimes up. /sankarshan _______________________________________________ Project-ideas mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ankur.org.in/listinfo.cgi/project-ideas-ankur.org.in
