Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-15 Thread ePandit | ई-पण्डित
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.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il Either of NonCommercial and NoDerivs clauses in the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-15 Thread Santhosh Thottingal
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM, ePandit | ई-पण्डित sharma.shr...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-15 Thread Swaroop Rao
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 16:40, ePandit | ई-पण्डित sharma.shr...@gmail.comwrote: 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. NoDerivs - Do the font need to be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2011/12/15 ePandit | ई-पण्डित sharma.shr...@gmail.com: 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

[Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread ePandit | ई-पण्डित
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित sharma.shr...@gmail.comwrote: 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Err, Subhashish of Odia has considerable experience in designing fonts. Perhaps, he could help out. On 12/14/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:16, ePandit | ई-पण्डित sharma.shr...@gmail.comwrote: I just saw that web fonts facility have been added to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
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,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Subha, perhaps you could still help out in the testing. Especially in Odia. On 12/14/11, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Hmm, I'll help in reporting bugs if found any.. On 14 December 2011 23:14, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.comwrote: Subha, perhaps you could still help out in the testing. Especially in Odia. On 12/14/11, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: Sadly, I am still

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread ePandit | ई-पण्डित
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011-12-14 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
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