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Subject:    Re:Re: Free Bengali font under development (was Re: KOffice - Kpresenter - are they bugs?)
From:       "Duvvuri Venu Gopal" <venugopal_duvvuri () rediffmail ! com>
Date:       2001-10-06 12:24:55
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Dear Shaheed

I am impressed with your spirit. Basically I am not a programmer. I am an user only. \
Though I am interest with Linux and following it up since the first PCQuest release \
till a week back I could not install it to see it. Only a week back I could lay hands \
on a new comp where I can install Linux.

I am also of the same opinion that if a fraction of our young computer \
learners/programmers can contribute we will be able to work in Indian languages on a \
Linux machine.

The CDAC of Pune already developed ALP - Apex Language Processor (character based) \
for DOS and UNIX based computers may be they can port it to Linux.

If we start this type of interactions then only others will join us - Keep in mind \
our Linus Trevold, who initiated the Linux with a small message on posix.

With Regards

VenuGopal

P.S. : If you teach how to programme then I will try it for Telugu language.

On Fri, 05 Oct 2001 shaheed wrote :
> BTW, I just wanted to announce that I am working on a 
> set of Bengali glyphs 
> which I hope to donate when complete to the XFree86 
> Unicode efforts. I'm 
> neither an artist (!) nor expert in the issues of font 
> design, but I intend 
> the glyphs to cover at least the codepoints defined by 
> Unicode. One day.
> 
> As Lars said, this is clearly just a step in support of 
> these languages (see 
> for example http://www.unicode.org/unicode/uni2book/ch09-
> .pdf if you want to 
> know more about the ligature issue for example), so 
> don't hold your breath 
> for full Indic support.
> 
> Now if only we could harness the efforts of a fraction 
> of the computer 
> literate people being churned out by the subcontinent...
> 
> Thanks, Shaheed
 


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