Meera Font
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The Meera opentype font, a Malayalam traditional script font, is primarily
created for the GNU system. The inspiration for this work is drawn from the
pioneering works done by Rachana Aksharavedi. The font is a result of
collaborative effort from:

1. Mr.Hussain K H, The designer of popular Rachana fonts for Rachana Aksharavedi
and an ardent supporter of traditional Malayalam orthography.

2. Suresh P, A free software enthusiast and hobbyist).

3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing - A free software collective engaged in
development, localization and popularization of various free software for
Malayalam.

Main features of the font
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1. Traditional script is used.
2. Even stroke typeface for better screen rendering.
3. Proper Ascent/Descent metrics considering the nature of vertically
stacked Malayalam conjuncts.
4. Individually designed glyphs for complex conjuncts rather than
using component glyphs.
5. Glyphs for conjuncts with gopi-repham already designed for future use.

To do
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1. Solve kerning issues.
2. Add support for silgraphite.

Maintainers
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Swathanthra Malayalam Computing. http://smc.org.in
Santhosh Thottingal ( Santhosh.thottingal@gmail.com)
Rajeesh K Nambiar ( Rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com)

License
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See COPYING file with the font.
