To whom it may concern,
I am interested in contributing to Project 4. Dynamic text rendering with support for UTF-8 and FreeType-compatible fonts.
I am currently enrolled at Datacamp where I have been studying Data Analysis with Python, R, and SQL since November 2022. I am also proficient in computer graphics, especially text rendering (baseline alignment, kerning/spacing, subpixel glyph rendering/positioning, etc.) and font handling. I have written a library for subsetting Type 1 fonts, which are widely used in TeX/LaTeX typesetting, and a couple of programs for converting OpenType fonts to WOFF and vice versa for embedding in Web pages.
I have written a program that converts TeX/LaTeX math to MathML and also a library that converts Presentation MathML into other formats such as EMF, PDF, PNG, and SVG. The former maps LaTeX symbols to their Unicode equivalent (UTF-8 or UTF-32). The latter library uses FreeType for the Linux version. Together, these two can address the LaTeX rendering in FURY: LaTeX to MathML to image.
However, these libraries are written in C++ and my knowledge of Python is basic. Still, I'm a fast learner and my in-depth knowledge of text formatting and fonts will prove valuable to your project.
I would like to discuss more of these in an interview, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Peter D. Frane, Jr.