Re: Run-time checking of fonts for Sinhala support

From: Neil Harris (neil@tonal.clara.co.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 07 2009 - 09:32:59 CDT

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    Ed Trager wrote:
    > I second Chris Fynn's "grass roots" suggestion.
    >
    > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Chris Fynn<cfynn@gmx.net> wrote:
    >
    >> Instead of insisting on run-time checking of fonts - perhaps have a service
    >> which certifies fonts as being compliant with your national standard and
    >> maintains a public list of these fonts.
    >>
    >> - C
    >>
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    Making the font-checker code available under the BSD or other suitable
    license through the same site would also be a good idea. This would
    allow people to perform their own checks in-house without needing to
    send copies of their fonts to third parties.

    -- Neil

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