From 9a497adabe7f97cf70d0455cac06825c35da6f16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:25:54 +0530 Subject: adding README for Suruma --- Suruma/README | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Suruma/README diff --git a/Suruma/README b/Suruma/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52d7c8f --- /dev/null +++ b/Suruma/README @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Suruma-3.2 is a rehash of earlier releases. The earlier idea of akhand conjuncts for *RA *LA forms is revisited and implemented again with the new opentype specs. The new specs do away with statically-assigned character properties (by the shaping engine) for consonants. Instead, they are font dependent. i.e., post-base forms, below-base forms etc. are all decided by the the font itself. This concept was also used in the initial version of suruma font. + +On the design part, the glyphs are redrawn using postscript (cubic) curves with 1000 em size and Ascent: 667, Descent: 333. The minimum recommended size for display use is 16px. + +The freedesktop users are better advised to use the auto hint module of the freetype rasterizer rather than using the native hinting methods (interpreting these hinting instructions from the font is also patent encumbered) for better results. + +Scope for improvement: plenty, plenty, plenty -- cgit