Re: Any help needed right now?

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(Please excuse my bad english!)
Hello,
If I understood well, your team could use some help on the programming
side. I am myself pretty good in C, but I am not sure my talents would be
adequate to help you, as I unfortunately have no experience of working with
FreeType. Most of my knowledge related to both C and fonts is towards
bitmapped fonts, which probably would not be of great help. Could I please
have some details about the help that is needed so I can know if it is in
my capabilities?
I thank you very much!
And sorry again for the bad english... Oh well, at least emails don't
transmit accents.

Le mer. 22 janv. 2020, =C3=A0 20 h 26, Fred Brennan <[email protected]> =
a
=C3=A9crit :

> I can see your email address and have sent you an email.
>
> Thanks for your offer and I hope to work together soon ! :-)
>
> COLR/CPAL is a lot of work but, as I sent you, I have a quite detailed
> plan on
> how to get it in, in multiple phases.
>
> Best,
> Fred Brennan
>
> On Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:25:57 AM PST David Carter wrote:
> > Dear Mr Brennan,
> >
> > I've got 30 years experience of C and C++.  Last 10-15 years or so main=
ly
> > 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 - m=
y
> > 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 a=
s
> > 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 technica=
l
> > experience of working with fonts.  I will be learning this as a go alon=
g
> -
> > 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 i=
t
> > 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>(Please excuse my bad english!)</div>Hello,<br>If I u=
nderstood well, your team could use some help on the programming side. I am=
 myself pretty good in C, but I am not sure my talents would be adequate to=
 help you, as I unfortunately have no experience of working with FreeType. =
Most of my knowledge related to both C and fonts is towards bitmapped fonts=
, which probably would not be of great help. Could I please have some detai=
ls about the help that is needed so I can know if it is in my capabilities?=
<br>I thank you very much!<br>And sorry again for the bad english... Oh wel=
l, at least emails don&#39;t transmit accents.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Le mer. 22 janv. 2020, =C3=A0=
 20 h 26, Fred Brennan &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">copypast=
[email protected]</a>&gt; a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,20=
4,204);padding-left:1ex">I can see your email address and have sent you an =
email.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your offer and I hope to work together soon ! :-)<br>
<br>
COLR/CPAL is a lot of work but, as I sent you, I have a quite detailed plan=
 on <br>
how to get it in, in multiple phases.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Fred Brennan<br>
<br>
On Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:25:57 AM PST David Carter wrote:<br>
&gt; Dear Mr Brennan,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;ve got 30 years experience of C and C++.=C2=A0 Last 10-15 years =
or so mainly<br>
&gt; C++ but C ever present through libraries etc.=C2=A0 I might be rusty o=
n some of<br>
&gt; the obscure parts of C and certainly parts of stdlib,=C2=A0 but I coul=
d<br>
&gt; certainly get by.=C2=A0 I first learnt C in university some 31 years a=
go - my<br>
&gt; first proper project was a ray tracing algorithm with multiple shading=
<br>
&gt; routines - it was really nifty I remember - I think I&#39;ve still got=
 the code<br>
&gt; printout somewhere :-) After that I&#39;ve worked on many C/C++ codeba=
ses as<br>
&gt; part of my career - a few years in comms then in finance.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Yes, I can use GDB pretty well.=C2=A0 Mainly used VS in the last few y=
ears, but<br>
&gt; started off on VAX, BSD UNIX and Linux machines so the GNU toolchain i=
s<br>
&gt; still very natural for me.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; No conscious experience with FreeType.=C2=A0 In truth I have little te=
chnical<br>
&gt; experience of working with fonts.=C2=A0 I will be learning this as a g=
o along -<br>
&gt; through development and through design of my own fonts.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;ve had a look at the colour font stuff and it looks like there w=
ould be a<br>
&gt; lot of work to add it, no?=C2=A0 I mean support for colour pickers and=
 so on.<br>
&gt; I&#39;m not sure it would be the best thing for me to work on to begin=
 with but<br>
&gt; I&#39;m happy to try, if you are desperate!=C2=A0 Please be aware that=
 due to other<br>
&gt; commitments and so forth (see my original email) my input is possibly =
going<br>
&gt; to be a little sporadic at least for the foreseeable.=C2=A0 I was thin=
king it<br>
&gt; might be better for me to operate in lone wolf mode for the first few<=
br>
&gt; months to get up to speed on the codebase and contribution mechanism.<=
br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; If you want please contact me off list - can you see my e-mail address=
 on<br>
&gt; my postings here?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Best wishes,<br>
&gt; David.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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