Re: [ft-devel] Contribution to freetype

2018-03-07 Thread Parth Wazurkar
Hi, Now I am getting a rough idea of how things are connected in the working of Freetype. I am thinking of some possible ways in providing multiple font support, first one can be to use the available converters for conversion of font formats, the second one can be to use the Freetype approach by

Re: [ft-devel] [GSoC] Develop a test framework for checking FreeType's rendering output

2018-03-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Hello Armin! > I am a student at TU Wien (Vienna, Austria)... Aah, ich unterrichte zweimal die Woche in der Mühlgasse :-) > ... [I] found the idea of developing a testing framework - this > sounds like an amazing way for me to explore a new topic! Great! > Apart from that I pick up things

[ft-devel] [GSoC] Develop a test framework for checking FreeType's rendering output

2018-03-07 Thread Armin Hasitzka
Hi, I am a student at TU Wien (Vienna, Austria) and currently writing my Bachelor Thesis. I love low-level programming (esp. using C on Unix) and I also specialised on automated code validation as much as possible (which is part of my Bachelor Thesis). While I am new to working on font

Re: [ft-devel] [GSoC] Draft proposal of project "Integrate VFlib's TeX format drivers into FreeType"

2018-03-07 Thread Jie Weng
Sorry to bother but I have some more questions about sending the proposal: 1. Should I send the proposal in the mailing list (open to all) or, 2. Should I send to the mentors listed in the idea list page only (keep it private)? Best Regards, Jie Weng On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Jie Weng

Re: [ft-devel] Contribution to freetype

2018-03-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I am thinking of some possible ways in providing multiple font > support, What exactly do you mean with `multiple font support'? > first one can be to use the available converters for conversion of > font formats, the second one can be to use the Freetype approach by > modifying

Re: [ft-devel] [GSoC] Develop a test framework for checking FreeType's rendering output

2018-03-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Is a link to a Google document appreciated for such purposes? This is OK. Werner ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel

Re: [ft-devel] Contribution to freetype

2018-03-07 Thread Parth Wazurkar
Ok Seems like I messed up some things. Thank you for the reply, now I have understood where I was going wrong. I will work on that and get back soon. Thank You Regards Parth On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 9:01 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > I am thinking of some possible ways in

Re: [ft-devel] [GSoC] Develop a test framework for checking FreeType's rendering output

2018-03-07 Thread Armin Hasitzka
Oh, what a coincidence, that sounds great! :D Thanks also for this very positive feedback, I will have a look at the other GSoC student's work and prepare a proper draft of a blueprint to implement such a framework then. Is a link to a Google document appreciated for such purposes? Thanks

Re: [ft-devel] [GSoC] Draft proposal of project "Integrate VFlib's TeX format drivers into FreeType"

2018-03-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> 1. Should I send the proposal in the mailing list (open to all) or, > 2. Should I send to the mentors listed in the idea list page only > (keep it private)? This is up to you. Werner ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org