Re: Any help needed right now?
David Carter <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:25:57 +0000
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--===============1888139680362252447== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000420409059cc12cda" --000000000000420409059cc12cda Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear Mr Brennan, I've got 30 years experience of C and C++. Last 10-15 years or so mainly C++ but C ever present through libraries etc. I might be rusty on some of the obscure parts of C and certainly parts of stdlib, but I could certainly get by. I first learnt C in university some 31 years ago - my first proper project was a ray tracing algorithm with multiple shading routines - it was really nifty I remember - I think I've still got the code printout somewhere :-) After that I've worked on many C/C++ codebases as part of my career - a few years in comms then in finance. Yes, I can use GDB pretty well. Mainly used VS in the last few years, but started off on VAX, BSD UNIX and Linux machines so the GNU toolchain is still very natural for me. No conscious experience with FreeType. In truth I have little technical experience of working with fonts. I will be learning this as a go along - through development and through design of my own fonts. I've had a look at the colour font stuff and it looks like there would be a lot of work to add it, no? I mean support for colour pickers and so on. I'm not sure it would be the best thing for me to work on to begin with but I'm happy to try, if you are desperate! Please be aware that due to other commitments and so forth (see my original email) my input is possibly going to be a little sporadic at least for the foreseeable. I was thinking it might be better for me to operate in lone wolf mode for the first few months to get up to speed on the codebase and contribution mechanism. If you want please contact me off list - can you see my e-mail address on my postings here? Best wishes, David. On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:14 AM Fred Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr. Carter: > > How good are you at C? > > Do you have experience with FreeType? > > Are you good with the GNU Debugger? > > Would you like to help me add emoji font support (COLR/CPAL) to FontForge? > > Best, > Fred Brennan > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:23:27 AM PST David Carter wrote: > > Hi Frank, > > > > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I will peruse this list of > open > > items and pick one that I think I can tackle for starters. I am rather > > busy at the moment (isn't everyone?) with a business to launch and a > house > > and workshop move looming but I want to make this a long term commitment, > > so will work away at it in the coming months. What I'm saying is that it > > may take me a bit of time to get up to speed on the code and the method > of > > working, but I will stick with it. I think FF seems like a potentially > > awesome piece of software that is worthy of developing and I am looking > for > > a C-based project (it could have also been C++, but I think on balance C > is > > much more interesting in many ways) to keep my skills honed. > > > > My workflow at the moment is rather general and simple viz-a-viz font > > design - I need to create some proprietary fonts for use in logos, and > > also, looking at some tutorials, I think mixing calligraphy and font > design > > seems like a super-rich vein of inspiration and design ideas, but how > this > > all bears on FF is very general really - I'm happy to make contributions > in > > any way I can at this stage. This is to say that it seems that FF > > currently provides nearly everything that I could need and heaps more > > besides. That said I logged a support request on SF today to see if > anyone > > knows if dashed/blue/feint guidelines were possible in the Guides layer, > so > > if that turns out to not be possible then I could potentially work on > that, > > but I need to walk before I can run. Meanwhile, I see there are 112 open > > bugs and 43 crash reports logged so they seem like a more useful place to > > start, to get familiar with the codebase and the contributing mechanisms. > > > > WIth kind regards, > > David Carter. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > fontforge-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel > http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html > --000000000000420409059cc12cda Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"user-select: auto;">Dear Mr Bren= nan,<div style=3D"user-select: auto;"><br style=3D"user-select: auto;"></di= v><div style=3D"user-select: auto;">I've got 30 years experience of C a= nd C++.=C2=A0 Last 10-15 years or so mainly C++ but C ever present through = libraries etc.=C2=A0 I might be rusty on some of the obscure parts of C and= certainly parts of stdlib,=C2=A0 but I could certainly get by.=C2=A0 I fir= st learnt C in university some 31 years ago - my first proper project was a= ray tracing algorithm with multiple shading routines - it was really nifty= I remember - I think I've still got the code printout somewhere :-) Af= ter that I've worked on many C/C++ codebases as part of my career - a f= ew years in comms then in finance.=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"user-select: au= to;"><br style=3D"user-select: auto;"></div><div style=3D"user-select: auto= ;">Yes, I can use GDB pretty well.=C2=A0 Mainly used VS in the last few yea= rs, but started off on VAX, BSD UNIX and Linux machines so the GNU toolchai= n is still very natural for me.</div><div style=3D"user-select: auto;"><br = style=3D"user-select: auto;"></div><div style=3D"user-select: auto;">No con= scious experience with FreeType.=C2=A0 In truth I have little technical exp= erience of working with fonts.=C2=A0 I will be learning this as a go along = - through development and through design of my own fonts.</div><div style= =3D"user-select: auto;"><br style=3D"user-select: auto;"></div><div style= =3D"user-select: auto;">I've had a look at the colour font stuff and it= looks like there would be a lot of work to add it, no?=C2=A0 I mean suppor= t for colour pickers and so on.=C2=A0 I'm not sure it would be the best= thing for me to work on to begin with but I'm happy to try, if you are= desperate!=C2=A0 Please be aware that due to other commitments and so fort= h (see my original email) my input is possibly going to be a little sporadi= c at least for the foreseeable.=C2=A0 I was thinking it might be better for= me to operate in lone wolf mode for the first few months to get up to spee= d on the codebase and contribution mechanism.</div><div style=3D"user-selec= t: auto;"><br style=3D"user-select: auto;"></div><div style=3D"user-select:= auto;">If you want please contact me off list - can you see my e-mail addr= ess on my postings here?</div><div style=3D"user-select: auto;"><br style= =3D"user-select: auto;"></div><div style=3D"user-select: auto;">Best wishes= ,<br style=3D"user-select: auto;">David.</div></div><br style=3D"user-selec= t: auto;"><div class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"user-select: auto;"><div dir= =3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr" style=3D"user-select: auto;">On Wed, Jan 22, = 2020 at 5:14 AM Fred Brennan <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">co= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"></div><bl= ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-lef= t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Mr. Carter:<br style=3D"user= -select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> How good are you at C?<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> Do you have experience with FreeType?<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> Are you good with the GNU Debugger?<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> Would you like to help me add emoji font support (COLR/CPAL) to FontForge?<= br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> Best,<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> Fred Brennan<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:23:27 AM PST David Carter wrote:<br style= =3D"user-select: auto;"> > Hi Frank,<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.=C2=A0 I will peruse this lis= t of open<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > items and pick one that I think I can tackle for starters.=C2=A0 I am = rather<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > busy at the moment (isn't everyone?) with a business to launch and= a house<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > and workshop move looming but I want to make this a long term commitme= nt,<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > so will work away at it in the coming months.=C2=A0 What I'm sayin= g is that it<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > may take me a bit of time to get up to speed on the code and the metho= d of<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > working, but I will stick with it.=C2=A0 I think FF seems like a poten= tially<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > awesome piece of software that is worthy of developing and I am lookin= g for<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > a C-based project (it could have also been C++, but I think on balance= C is<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > much more interesting in many ways) to keep my skills honed.<br style= =3D"user-select: auto;"> > <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > My workflow at the moment is rather general and simple viz-a-viz font<= br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > design - I need to create some proprietary fonts for use in logos, and= <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > also, looking at some tutorials, I think mixing calligraphy and font d= esign<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > seems like a super-rich vein of inspiration and design ideas, but how = this<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > all bears on FF is very general really - I'm happy to make contrib= utions in<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > any way I can at this stage.=C2=A0 =C2=A0This is to say that it seems = that FF<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > currently provides nearly everything that I could need and heaps more<= br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > besides.=C2=A0 That said I logged a support request on SF today to see= if anyone<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > knows if dashed/blue/feint guidelines were possible in the Guides laye= r, so<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > if that turns out to not be possible then I could potentially work on = that,<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > but I need to walk before I can run.=C2=A0 Meanwhile, I see there are = 112 open<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > bugs and 43 crash reports logged so they seem like a more useful place= to<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > start, to get familiar with the codebase and the contributing mechanis= ms.<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > WIth kind regards,<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> > David Carter.<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> _______________________________________________<br style=3D"user-select: au= to;"> fontforge-devel mailing list<br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" = style=3D"user-select: auto;">[email protected]</a><br s= tyle=3D"user-select: auto;"> <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel" re= l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"user-select: auto;">https://lis= ts.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel</a><br style=3D"user-sele= ct: auto;"> <a href=3D"http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html" rel=3D"n= oreferrer" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"user-select: auto;">http://fontforge.= 10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html</a><br style=3D"user-select: auto;"> </blockquote></div></div> --000000000000420409059cc12cda-- --===============1888139680362252447== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============1888139680362252447== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ fontforge-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html --===============1888139680362252447==--