[Oriya-group] Re: [Orissa-IT] Re: Conversion from OR_TTSarala toUnicode

[Gora Mohanty]

I am sending this to oriya-group for comments.

 --- hrpansari at vsnl.net wrote: 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gora Mohanty <gora_mohanty at yahoo.co.in>
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 0:11 am
> 
> >  On another issue, how about Srilipi fonts?
> 
> Srilipi fonts are totaly protected. I can't open
> them in any font editor.

Is this really true? Are the font files encrypted in
some way? If so, they would be usable only in Srilipi.
Are there no .ttf files? Even if that is the case, one
could simply type up all possible characters and
conjuncts, save as text, and use yudit to find
code points.

>                        Monopoly. Layouts also very
> complex. Not free to distribute, to be used with the
> Srilipi's particular version. One versions fonts
> can't be used with another version. Not compatible.

If we have a legal copy of Srilipi, I am pretty sure
that reverse engineering fonts for conversion is legal
even if redistribution isn't. Complexity is not a
problem, but differences between versions is. I did
meet Modular Infotech's proprietor in Delhi, and he
seemed to be open to the idea of converters. Maybe we
can get them to give us the conversion maps.

Regards,
gora

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