Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries (ars technica) [LWN.net]

Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries (ars technica)

Posted Nov 3, 2009 13:11 UTC (Tue) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185)
In reply to: Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries (ars technica) by nim-nim
Parent article: Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries (ars technica)

Waiting for someone else to do it for you isn't a winning proposition
either. And I know there are many complex scripts: I have learned to read
and write about half a dozen myself. Since I'm no longer active as a Sino-
involved myself and I've got other projects to spend my time on these
days.

But I think it's wrong to assume that the those who have a need cannot be
expected to get involved and do the work, while it's of course perfectly
reasonable to demand that others create fonts and infrastructure for
scripts they don't know or need. (Not that western youtube watchers who
love fonts and understand scripts should be barred from working on these
issues, of course. But to make it their responsibility?)

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Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries (ars technica)

Posted Nov 3, 2009 13:30 UTC (Tue) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link]

boudewijn, Firefox is an international project. I don't think it's wrong to expect it to shoulder part of the effort to properly support the web in all languages via free components. Last I've seen it didn't claim to support western users only.

Also I do not think it is wrong to expect western people to help groups in other areas, given western people often have a lot more material means at their disposal, and inherited the software work done on western languages by previous generations (so they usually can't claim they did the work for their language, so others should too).

Which does not mean local people should not get involved and contribute, but washing your hands on them is not right.

PS. You seem to assume I'm asking for myself. I don't. I have the chance of being born in a western country, and not in a minority group. And that never stopped me from giving a hand to people who were not that lucky.

Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries (ars technica)

Posted Nov 3, 2009 13:53 UTC (Tue) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185) [Link]

"You seem to assume I'm asking for myself. I don't. "

Er, I'm not sure where you get that from.