Meta apo polles epafes, antallages e-mails, thlefwnhmata
kai dia zwshs synomilies, exw na anaferw ta parakatw
sxetika me to olo thema twn grammatoseirwn me ellhnika.
Shmeiwseis:
1. de tha sas prhksw me olo to istoriko, grafw to apotelesma --
opoios thelei perissotera as rwthsei kai den exw problhma na apanthsw.
2. epishs de tha ksana-mata-epanalabw to poso dyskolh doyleia,
posh shmasia paizei h empeiria (alla kai h ekpaideysh),
kai poso kalo einai na eimaste nomimoi (alla kai aisthtika wraioi).
3. ta parakatw einai ligo "proxeira" -- details might be incorrect
H genika idea einai na ginoyn parallhla dyo energeies
sxetika me thn anaptyksh grammatoseirwn me ellhnika.
1. h prwth energeia tha einai h prosthhkh ellhnikwn xarakthrwn
stis hdh yparxoyses grammatoseires "Vera", sxediasmenes apo
ton Jim Lyles, kai dwrismenes eleythera apo thn etaireia Bitstream
sto Gnome foundation. H oikogeneia grammatoseirwn "Vera"
perilambanei 10 fonts: Sans (normal, oblique, bold, bold-oblique),
Serif (normal and bold), kai Mono (normal, oblique, bold, bold-oblique).
Thn ergasia ayth tha thn analabei h Ellhnikh Etaireia Typografikwn
Stoixeiwn, ena mh kerdoskopiko swmateio poy sxediazei pshfiakes
grammatoseires (gia Akadhmia Athhnwn, Arxaiologikh Etaireia, ...)
kai ereyna thn istoria twn ellhnikwn typografikwn stoixeiwn.
Sthn ergasia ayth tha yparxei kai h arwgh toy Jim Lyles,
kathws kai ths omadas poy epeblepse thn prosthhkh twn ellhnikwn
xarakthrwn sth grammatoseira Prima toy Lyles (progenesterh,
kai eks'oy to onoma: Prima -> Primavera -> Vera :-).
Dystyxws alles ypoxrewseis den epitrepoyn thn plhrh apasxolhsh
aytwn twn atomwn (kai oi tarifes toys einai diaforetikes :-),
alla tha bohthhsoyn me kritikh kai sxolia. To idio isws
kai alloi anthrwpoi toy kladoy (alla den to exw kanonisei akoma).
H ergasia mporei na ksekinhsei amesa (eee... perimenoyme ena input
apo ton Lyles gia to design document (ta specs), kai isws kati parapanw).
Gia ola ta 10 fonts, treis mhnes de ftanoyn kai 10 mhnes
einai polloi. Realistika (xristoygenna klp.) prin to kalokairi
tha einai ola etoima plhrws -- kai prin to Pasxa isws (alla
xwris extensive testing se diaforetika output media klp.).
Fysika ta prwta (sans-serif normal, mallon) tha einai etoima fetos.
Tipota de empodizei th stadiakh ekdosh toys (release)
kai th metepeita beltiwsh toys (version 1.1, v.2, klp.).
2. h deyterh energeia einai pio makroprothesmh, poly pio dyskolh
alla kai poly pio shmantikh. Afora sthn ek toy mhdenos
sxediash mias grammatoseiras me ellhnikoys kai latinikoys xarakthres.
H oikogeneia tha perilambanei tria paxh: Regular, Light kai Bold,
dyo kliseis: Normal kai Italic, kai dyo typoys: Sans kai Serif.
Synolika 12 fonts! Arxika ellhnika kai latinika, meta
(an xreiazontai) polytonika ellhnika.
Thn ergasia tha thn analabei enas sxediasths grammatoseirwn
(o monos poy exei spoydasei to antikeimeno kai zei sthn Ellada).
A, to "ek toy mhdenos" de shmainei oti eimaste sto shmeio mhden --
h doyleia exei arxisei. Exw deigma twn latinikwn Light Regular,
kai merikwn ellhnikwn.
H doyleia... exei ksekinhsei opws eipa. Logw toy megethoys
toy project tha paei se makros. Ta milestones poy exoyme thesei
einai: Jan 2004 etoima ta Sans Light kai LightItalic,
Apr 2004 etoima ta ypoloipa Sans. Ayta ws morfes grammatwn.
Sth synexeia exoyme paragwgh fonts apo ayta kai doyleia sta Serif.
Logika prin to kalokairi etoima ta Sans ws fonts, pia. Isws
telos toy 2004 ola etoima (alla egw to blepw ligo aisiodokso ayto).
Eeee, h doyleia ayth einai *shmantikotath*. Idanika tha hthela
na brw ki alloys sponsores gia ayto to ergo. Tetoias shmasias
ergo den exei ginei gia ta Ellhnika grammata apo... pote.
To apotelesma tha mporoyse na xrhsimopoithei p.x. kai apo
to Yp.Paideias (grammatoseira gia ta sxolika biblia) kai
apo opoiondhpote.
O sxediasths, porwmenos opws ki egw me to ergo, dexetai
na ergastei gia poly xrono me elaxisth amoibh, logw ths shmasias
toy apotelesmatos (bgazei ta pros to zhn ws grafistas).
Kai sta dyo erga, egw (ws zvr) tha paizw ek twn pragmatwn
kapoio rolo liaison / syntonisth / opws-thelete-peste-to
(mia poy toys kserw), kathws kai kapoio rolo texnikoy elegxoy
(giati kaloi oi sxediastes, alla me computers paizoyme).
Fysika endiamesa apotelesmata twn ergwn tha ginontai release syxna
sthn koinothta gia sxolia, kritikes, klp., opws synhthizetai.
Oyf -- ayta einai h genikh idea gia to thema. Profanws sth diathesh sas
gia apanthseis se o,tidhpote sxetikes erwthseis/kritikes/klp.
A, paraligo na to ksexasw. Dokimazw kai tis grammatoseires
poy diathetei h Magenta (eygenika moy tis esteile mazi
me to MagentaOpenOffice.org) gia na dw pws pane. Isws na mporesoyn
na peistoyn na afhsoyn (mia? dyo? merikes? oles?) eleytheres.
Tha epanelthw ep'aytoy (alla exasa to disko moy kai ksanasthnw mhxanaki
apo thn arxh).
kai pali oyf... an to diabasate olo, exete antoxh kai sas eyxaristw.
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