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With the help of Runa B

Chapters/Introduction.tex

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 \chapter{Introduction}
 
-%\begin{chapquote}{Author's name, \textit{Source of this quote}}
-%``This is a quote and I don't know who said this.''
-%\end{chapquote}
+\epigraph{
+"I can't go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts 
+on the menu.-Donald Knuth"
+}
 
-\section{Need for document}
+One of the integral building blocks for providing multilingual support for 
+digital content are fonts. In current times, OpenType fonts are the choice. With 
+the increasing need for supporting languages beyond the Latin script, the 
+TrueType font specification was extended to include elements for the more 
+elaborate writing systems that exist. This effort was jointly undertaken in the 
+1990s by Microsoft and Adobe. The outcome of this effort was the OpenType 
+Specification - a successor to the TrueType font specification.
 
-In the present era, if we simply compare the availability of Latin and Indian fonts we can easily observe a large difference. Only a handful of fonts are available for Indian languages compared to the thousands of fonts in a wide  variety of styles that are available for Latin script.
+Fonts for Indic languages had traditionally been created for the printing 
+industry. The TrueType specification provided the baseline for the digital fonts 
+that were largely used in desktop publishing. These fonts however suffered from 
+inconsistencies arising from technical shortcomings like non-uniform character 
+codes. These shortcomings made the fonts highly unreliable for digital content 
+and their use across platforms.  The problems with character codes were largely 
+alleviated with the gradual standardization through modification and adoption of 
+Unicode character codes. The OpenType Specification additionally extended the 
+styling and behaviour for the typography.
+
+The availability of the specification eased the process of creating Indic 
+language fonts with consistent typographic behaviour as per the script's 
+requirement. However, disconnects between the styling and technical 
+implementation hampered the font creation process. Several well-stylized fonts 
+were upgraded to the new specification through complicated adjustments, which at 
+times compromised on their aesthaetic quality.  On the other hand, the technical 
+adoption of the specification details was a comparitively new know-how for the 
+font designers. To strike a balance, an initiative was undertaken by the a group 
+of font developers and designers to document the knowledge acquired from the 
+hands own experience for the benefit of upcoming developers and designers in 
+this field.
+
+The outcome of the project will be an elaborate, illustrated guideline for font 
+designers. A chapter will be dedicated to each of the Indic scripts - Bengali, 
+Devanagari, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. The 
+guidelines will outline the technical representation of the canonical aspects of 
+these complex scripts. This is especially important when designing for complex 
+scripts where the shape or positining of a character depends on its relation to 
+other characters.
+
+This project is open for participation and contributors can commit directly on 
+the project repository.
 
 \section{Objectives of document}
 
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 \begin{itemize}
 \item This document covers only languages and scripts recognized in India.
 \item This document covers all complex OFF features required for Indian scripts.
-\item This document is based on the current expertise of community members working in this area.
-\item This document is from the typography perspective for each script and many not be linguistically correct.
-\item This document does not cover design or calligraphy style aspects but covers only technical aspects.
-\item This document is based on Unicode 6.2 and ISO/IEC 14496-22:2009 (Second Edition) "Open Font Format" standard.
-\item This document is not a tutorial on font design or development and does not teach typography.
+\item This document is based on the current expertise of community members 
+working in this area.
+\item This document is from the typography perspective for each script and many 
+not be linguistically correct.
+\item This document does not cover design or calligraphy style aspects but 
+covers only technical aspects.
+\item This document is based on Unicode 6.2 and ISO/IEC 14496-22:2009 (Second 
+Edition) "Open Font Format" standard.
+\item This document is not a tutorial on font design or development and does not 
+teach typography.
 \end{itemize}
 
 \section{How to use this document}
 
-Elaborate, Illustrated font design guideline document for Indic fonts by font designers, developers, language experts.
+Elaborate, Illustrated font design guideline document for Indic fonts by font 
+designers, developers, language experts.
 - designer freedom to adapt
 
 \section{Notes on Collaboration}

fontbook.sty

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 \usepackage{xcolor}
 \usepackage{sectsty}
 
+\usepackage{epigraph}
+\setlength\epigraphwidth{8cm}
+
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 \graphicspath{ {./Chapters/} }
 
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