Hello sir, I have sent proposal for this project "Design and development of a print ready OpenType font for Bengali". Meanwhile I googled about tools available for font development and found that the tools I use generally are fine for a font with libre license. But I also found Inkscape and Fontforge are pretty good bundle for this purpose. So I decided to stick with those open source solutions and MS VOLT for opentype layer. Do you prefer any font template to start with?
I will now start collecting books and newspaper text samples to analyze find out the key points for a good print ready font design. I want to be full prepared for this project. Hope this will be a enjoyable project if I am lucky enough to get a chance to work in it. Regards, Md. Tanbin Islam Siyam On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Tanbin Islam Siyam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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? > > We intend to allow the the designer to come up with documentation that > explains the design choices made. And, if and when the other project > to test the aesthetic quality of the font is ready, the font would be > validated. > > > 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? > > We prefer that you use tools that allow you to release fonts and > glyphs under a libre license. If your tool(s) allow that, then it is a > decision you'd have to take. > > > -- > sankarshan mukhopadhyay > <https://twitter.com/#!/sankarshan> > -- Tanbin Islam Siyam potasiyam.wordpress.com | potasiyam.deviantart.com | https://twitter.com/#!/potasiyam
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