merging Craig's GSoC 2023 auto-hinter code

2024-01-29 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Craig and others, have a look at the Merge Request https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/merge_requests/316 This is a completely cleaned-up version of Craig's 'gsoc-craig-2023-final' branch, ready for being included into 'master'. I've heavily formatted the code to be in sync

Re: cry for help, FreeType GSoC 2023 Aspirant

2023-02-28 Thread Charlie Jiang
Hi Laghav, It's exciting to hear that you're going to participant in the upcoming GSoC event! - You can observe and mimic the existing practice in the FreeType mailing list and repos. Several issues in the `freetype-demos` repo may also help. - I refered to previous students' proposal as

Re: cry for help, FreeType GSoC 2023 Aspirant

2023-02-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Hello Laghav, welcome to FreeType! > I am eager to submit an application for the FreeType GSoC in > 2023. Since I'm new to this, it would be wonderful if someone could > help me get started. > > Of course, I have these doubts, as every other aspirant does. > - What are the best practises to

cry for help, FreeType GSoC 2023 Aspirant

2023-02-28 Thread Laghav Mohan
Greetings to all. I am eager to submit an application for the FreeType GSoC in 2023. Since I'm new to this, it would be wonderful if someone could help me get started. Of course, I have these doubts, as every other aspirant does. - What are the best practises to employ? - How do you write a

Re: GSoC 2023

2023-02-06 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> One idea would be to develop a performance benchmarking suite of >> various aspects of the library's functionality. I don't think >> FreeType currently has one? >> >> For ideas, you can look look at HarfBuzz's here (which also >> measure's FreeType): >> >>

Re: GSoC 2023

2023-02-03 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
gt; behdad > http://behdad.org/ > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 12:12 AM Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> >> Folks, >> >> >> I've just applied to GSoC 2023. Let's see whether we will be accepted >> this year. I've also updated our GSoC pages at >> https

GSoC 2023

2023-02-02 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Folks, I've just applied to GSoC 2023. Let's see whether we will be accepted this year. I've also updated our GSoC pages at https://freetype.org/gsoc.html – if you have ideas for improvements or new projects, please write to this list! Werner