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ePandit | ई-पण्डित

14 Dec 2011 14 Dec '11

2:46 p.m.

I just saw that web fonts facility have been added to Indic wikis. On Hindi and Sanskrit wikipedia, there are Lohit Devanagari and Samyak Devanagari fonts. I request to add Sanskrit 2003<http://hi.wikipedia.org/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%… font to Sanskrit wikipedia (and if possible to other Devanagari script based wikis) because it is the best Unicode font to display Sanskrit text. It is also free, so there is no problem to use it for this purpose. -- *Shrish Benjwal Sharma* *(श्रीश बेंजवाल शर्मा <http://hindi.shrish.in>)* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *If u can't beat them, join them.* ePandit <http://epandit.shrish.in/>:* *http://epandit.shrish.in/

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Srikanth Lakshmanan

14 Dec 14 Dec

2:56 p.m.

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Srikanth Ramakrishnan

5:23 p.m.

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Err, Subhashish of Odia has considerable experience in designing fonts. Perhaps, he could help out. On 12/14/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Subhashish Panigrahi

5:37 p.m.

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Sadly, I am still collaborating with people who understand technology better than me to correct recent problems with Lohit and Utkal as webfonts and occupied with other work as well, Thanks Srikanth, but bot being able to help as my lack of expertise in technicality. The WebFont is just launched, I think a couple of other fonts will soon be candidates to be used for Devanagari based WPs. rgds Subha On 14 December 2011 22:53, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Err, Subhashish of Odia has considerable experience in designing fonts. Perhaps, he could help out. On 12/14/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: > I just saw that web fonts facility have been added to Indic wikis. On > Hindi and Sanskrit wikipedia, there are Lohit Devanagari and Samyak > Devanagari fonts. > > I request to add Sanskrit > 2003<

http://hi.wikipedia.org/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5…

web > font to Sanskrit wikipedia (and if possible to other Devanagari script > based wikis) because it is the best Unicode font to display Sanskrit

text.

It is also free, so there is no problem to use it for this purpose.

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions…

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Srikanth Ramakrishnan

5:44 p.m.

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Subha, perhaps you could still help out in the testing. Especially in Odia. On 12/14/11, Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Err, Subhashish of Odia has considerable experience in designing fonts. Perhaps, he could help out. On 12/14/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote:

http://hi.wikipedia.org/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5…

web > font to Sanskrit wikipedia (and if possible to other Devanagari script > based wikis) because it is the best Unicode font to display Sanskrit

text.

It is also free, so there is no problem to use it for this purpose.

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions…

-- Regards Srikanth.L

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Subhashish Panigrahi

5:45 p.m.

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Hmm, I'll help in reporting bugs if found any.. On 14 December 2011 23:14, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Subha, perhaps you could still help out in the testing. Especially in Odia. On 12/14/11, Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Sadly, I am still collaborating with people who understand technology better than me to correct recent problems with Lohit and Utkal as

webfonts

and occupied with other work as well, Thanks Srikanth, but bot being able to help as my lack of expertise in technicality. The WebFont is just launched, I think a couple of other fonts will soon be candidates to be used for Devanagari based WPs. rgds Subha On 14 December 2011 22:53, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: > Err, Subhashish of Odia has considerable experience in designing > fonts. Perhaps, he could help out. > > On 12/14/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित > > <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: > > > >> I just saw that web fonts facility have been added to Indic wikis. On > >> Hindi and Sanskrit wikipedia, there are Lohit Devanagari and Samyak > >> Devanagari fonts. > >> > >> I request to add Sanskrit > >> 2003< >

http://hi.wikipedia.org/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5…

> >web > >> font to Sanskrit wikipedia (and if possible to other Devanagari

script

> >> based wikis) because it is the best Unicode font to display Sanskrit > text. > >> It is also free, so there is no problem to use it for this purpose. > > > > > > As far as I could check, it is not a freely licensed font. They are

only

> > free for personal use. I could not find a clear license statement for

> > though, If you could find it, please point it to us. If its freely > > licensed, please file a bug request here[1] > > > > [1] > > >

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions…

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ePandit | ई-पण्डित

15 Dec 15 Dec

4 a.m.

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In that case please add Sidhanta font to Sanskrit wikipedia, it has most feature rich font for Sanskrit. (Sanskrit 2003 is better in display) http://svayambhava.org/index.php/en/sanskrit/fonts Also it is clearly stated that it can be used as a web font. *Siddhnata font software (including font variations and Vaidika IME) is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/>. Its Latin and Cyrillic glyph sets (based on DejaVu font can be used according to free license <http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=License>. Siddhanta can be used as a web font. * 2011/12/14 Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com

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As far as I could check, it is not a freely licensed font. They are only free for personal use. I could not find a clear license statement for it though, If you could find it, please point it to us. If its freely licensed, please file a bug request here[1] [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions… -- Regards Srikanth.L _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Amir E. Aharoni

6:48 a.m.

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Either of "NonCommercial" and "NoDerivs" clauses in the license make it invalid for usage in Wikimedia projects, because they limit the usage of the font. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2011/12/15 ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>om>:

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In that case please add Sidhanta font to Sanskrit wikipedia, it has most feature rich font for Sanskrit. (Sanskrit 2003 is better in display) http://svayambhava.org/index.php/en/sanskrit/fonts Also it is clearly stated that it can be used as a web font. Siddhnata font software (including font variations and Vaidika IME) is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Its Latin and Cyrillic glyph sets (based on DejaVu font can be used according to free license. Siddhanta can be used as a web font. 2011/12/14 Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I just saw that web fonts facility have been added to Indic wikis. On Hindi and Sanskrit wikipedia, there are Lohit Devanagari and Samyak Devanagari fonts. I request to add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit wikipedia (and if possible to other Devanagari script based wikis) because it is the best Unicode font to display Sanskrit text. It is also free, so there is no problem to use it for this purpose.

-- Shrish Benjwal Sharma (श्रीश बेंजवाल शर्मा) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If u can't beat them, join them. ePandit: http://epandit.shrish.in/ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

ePandit | ई-पण्डित

11:10 a.m.

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NonCommericial - I think use in Wikipedia is non-commerical. NoDerivs - Do the font need to be modified for using as web font? It is clearly stated that it can be used as a web font. 2011/12/15 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>

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In that case please add Sidhanta font to Sanskrit wikipedia, it has most feature rich font for Sanskrit. (Sanskrit 2003 is better in display) http://svayambhava.org/index.php/en/sanskrit/fonts Also it is clearly stated that it can be used as a web font. Siddhnata font software (including font variations and Vaidika IME) is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Its Latin and Cyrillic glyph sets (based on DejaVu font can be used according to free license. Siddhanta can be used as a web

font.

2011/12/14 Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित > <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I just saw that web fonts facility have been added to Indic wikis. On >> Hindi and Sanskrit wikipedia, there are Lohit Devanagari and Samyak >> Devanagari fonts. >> >> I request to add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit wikipedia (and if >> possible to other Devanagari script based wikis) because it is the best >> Unicode font to display Sanskrit text. It is also free, so there is no >> problem to use it for this purpose. > > > As far as I could check, it is not a freely licensed font. They are only > free for personal use. I could not find a clear license statement for it > though, If you could find it, please point it to us. If its freely

licensed,

> please file a bug request here[1] > > > [1]

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions…

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Santhosh Thottingal

11:21 a.m.

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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NoDerivs - Do the font need to be modified for using as web font?

Yes, Derivative fonts in alternate formats need to be created from the original font. Thanks Santhosh

Swaroop Rao

11:24 a.m.

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 16:40, ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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NonCommericial - I think use in Wikipedia is non-commerical.

Wikipedia use is non-commercial, but since it is open for reuse, the reuse need not be necessarily non-commercial.

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NoDerivs - Do the font need to be modified for using as web font? It is clearly stated that it can be used as a web font. 2011/12/15 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> Either of "NonCommercial" and "NoDerivs" clauses in the license make

it invalid for usage in Wikimedia projects, because they limit the usage of the font. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2011/12/15 ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>om>:

font

can be used according to free license. Siddhanta can be used as a web

font.

best

>> Unicode font to display Sanskrit text. It is also free, so there is no >> problem to use it for this purpose. > > > As far as I could check, it is not a freely licensed font. They are

only

> free for personal use. I could not find a clear license statement for

> though, If you could find it, please point it to us. If its freely

licensed,

> please file a bug request here[1] > > > [1]

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions…

-- *Shrish Benjwal Sharma* *(श्रीश बेंजवाल शर्मा <http://hindi.shrish.in>)* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *If u can't beat them, join them.* ePandit <http://epandit.shrish.in/>:* *http://epandit.shrish.in/ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l Swaroop Rao

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Amir E. Aharoni

11:31 a.m.

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2011/12/15 ePandit | ई-पण्डित <sharma.shrish(a)gmail.com>om>:

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NonCommericial - I think use in Wikipedia is non-commerical.

No, Wikipedia is not non-commercial in this regard. It's a very frequent misunderstanding, though - the first article i created in the English Wikipedia was speedily deleted because of this ;) In short, materials brought into Wikipedia must be free for usage commercially, too. The full explanation is here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NONCOM -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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