Software of Malayalam font to be developed
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A project for development of free
software
of Malayalam font has been undertaken by the Kerala
Bureau of
Industrial Promotion (K-BIP) in association with the
Asia
Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) of
UNDP, Malaysia.
The development of the fonts, tool kits, localisation
of
applications and documentation will be done through
free software
foundation, an official release said on Tuesday.
The project proposes to create free software with
Malayalam support
in accordance with the established international
standards, so that
new it applications can be made available at low cost.
Further, the
developed tools are proposed to be made available on
the internet so
that people can not only freely use it but 'also
develop new applications.
A memorandum of agreement will be signed in this
regard in the presence
of Kerala Industries Minister P k Kunhalikutty by Ajay
Kumar,
State Industries Secretary, and Dr E Krishnan, project
director of
Free Software Foundation, here on Wednesday
Regards,
Baiju M
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