Fonts SIG tasks: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:17, 16 June 2008

Stuff that needs to be done

Tasks with no referenced driver(s) are free for the taking. No one is currently working on them.

Task name	Driver(s)	Description
Consolidate existing font-related material	JensPetersen	Comb the wiki for existing font-related material, figure how to integrate it in the SIG space, ask permission from its authors, and move it there.
Clarify the wiki	JensPetersen	Rework the wiki pages NicolasMailhot wrote into something mere humans understand.
Fill an evangelism page		Interview the groups that managed to get fonts released under a suitable license^[1], and write some guidelines to help future similar efforts. Write a bit about what fonts should be promoted as web ot document fonts and why.
Write core font packaging guidelines	JensPetersen	Add legacy core font guidelines to the packaging section.
Write console font packaging guidelines		Add console bitmap font guidelines to the packaging section.
Complete the QA section		Collect tips on how to identify what causes a particular text rendering problem, starting from this message and turn them into a nice wiki page so problem reporters can be autonomous.
Add design information to the dev section		Use the material already posted in this thread and complete it if needed to write up guidance for new would-be free/libre font designers.
Complete the packaged list		Get current font packagers to document their packages in the pipeline or do it in their stead.
Complete the localization matrix	JensPetersen	Get each language team to fill its part of the matrix.

Those tasks will be valid as long as the SIG is active. Everyone can and should work on them.

Task name	Description
Create fonts	Work on font creation.
Liberate new fonts	Evangelise free/libre fonts.
Identify new candidates to packaging	Complete and fill wishes.
Package them	Package new fonts and reference them as needing review.
Review new packages	Work on the review list.
Identify problems	Work on QA.
Fix problems	Work on dev.

Task name	Driver(s)	Description
Create SIG wiki space	NicolasMailhot	Put some material on the wiki to get the SIG into business.
Request mailing list creation	NicolasMailhot	Get the mailing lists the SIG needs created.
Get our legal page approved	NicolasMailhot	Have spot review and interface with our legal page.
Get our packaging policy approved	NicolasMailhot	Get FPC to approve our initial packaging guidelines.
Make the SIG appealing	Artwork team	Create a banner to identify Fonts SIG pages visually.

Fonts in Fedora
The Fonts SIG takes loving care of Fedora fonts. Please join this special interest group if you are interested in creating, improving, packaging, or just suggesting a font. Any help will be appreciated.

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-| Add design information to the [[SIGs/Fonts/Dev#font-creation| dev]] section
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-| Work on [[SIGs/Fonts/Dev| dev]].
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