Re: Proposal Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 in Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany

[Timothée Giet]

Hello tatica,

That sounds great! Please get in touch with Lasse 
(commander at graphicore.de) who is leading the Nuremberg proposal.

Cheers,

Timothée


Le 14/08/2024 à 15:29, María Leandro a écrit :
> Hey all!
>
> I have a friend working at Suse and they are interested in the venue 
> and probably some sponsorship if LGM happens at Nuremberg next year. 
> Who should I contact to get more details and help with coordination?
>
> El mié, 19 jun 2024 a las 0:05, Dave Crossland (<dave at lab6.com>) escribió:
>
>     Hi all
>
>     Just to clarify, this year, the sole sponsor was the Font Bureau,
>     a major client of Strong Type Systems (Lasse); not Google.
>
>     While I work as an employee for Google on the Google Fonts team
>     (and Google, via the GF team, has been a direct sponsor of LGM in
>     the past), Google was not involved in the sponsorship of LGM 2024.
>     I helped flag the opportunity to the Font Bureau.
>
>     Why did the Font Bureau sponsor LGM? First, it had the fortunate
>     ability to do so: It is hardly a secret that the Font Bureau has
>     had major deals and earned good money from both Google and
>     Monotype in recent years, and has released a number of libre
>     (typo)graphics software projects (mostly github.com/fontbureau
>     <http://github.com/fontbureau> with some at github.com/googlefonts
>     <http://github.com/googlefonts>), including a medium sized web app
>     for testing WIP fonts that Strong Type Systems (Lasse) has
>     developed, "TypeRoof", in addition to libre fonts commissioned by
>     Google (Roboto Flex, Amstelvar). I believe the development of
>     Variable Fonts support within app graphics apps, including Libre
>     Graphics apps, is important strategically for Font Bureau, and I
>     understand Lasse, Liam, Nate and others discussed advancing such
>     Variable Fonts support during the LGM. Also, since the principal
>     at Font Bureau, David Berlow, was unable to attend events outside
>     the USA this year, having the videos online is a direct benefit
>     for FB too – so, similar to previous years with Google's
>     sponsorship for this purpose, since the videos were enabled by the
>     sponsorship, the descriptions credit Font Bureau.
>
>     For me, next year is harder to predict, as Font Bureau may be
>     winding up, with David's upcoming retirement; and Google has many
>     headlines about its cost-cutting efforts starting with layoffs.
>     Still I will be sure to flag the opportunity to anyone I think may
>     be interested. If Google is not interested, similar to Font Bureau
>     this year, perhaps one or a few folks working on various projects
>     for Google Fonts may be in a position to sponsor directly.
>
>     Cheers
>     Dave
>
>
>
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