[Openfontlibrary] New Open Source Font, Help Migrating

[Brendan Ferguson]

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> It's really up to the designers to choose the appropriate license that
> makes sense to them but we recommend the OFL as indicated on the wiki:
> http://openfontlibrary.org/wiki/Font_Licensing

Great
>
>
> I'd also recommend getting the designer to read through the OFL FAQ.

Will do.
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>
> As for recommendations of the structure of the font tarball itsefl
> there's a template here:
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~fonts/open-font-design-resources/foo-open-font-sources/files

Will the font designer know what this is? I really don't. Is this some  
kind of a source file that is generally not released with the finished  
font?
>
> One very important thing is to make sure that the metadata fields (in
> the Name table) are properly filled in and correspond to what is
> intended and coherent with the other tarball files.

Will he know what this means?
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>
> Then when you upload, an image specimen is also very useful alongside
> the licensing choice and the description tags.

Will do

>
> Thanks for your advocacy work in favor of open fonts!
> Cheers,

And thanks for your help. I use open source all the time and would  
like to bring something back to the community.

Brendan

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> -- 
> Nicolas Spalinger
> http://planet.open-fonts.org
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