Re: New member from Adobe

Welcome :)

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:15 AM Christopher Chapman <cchapman@adobe.com>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
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> As Vlad hinted at in his postscript, I worked at Monotype for over a
> decade on font related software, including web fonts. I’ve recently joined
> Adobe, where I continue to work on such things, hence my interest in this
> working group.
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> I have both professional and personal interest in “non-Latin” scripts,
> especially Indic scripts. I’m involved with the Unicode Script Ad Hoc, as
> well as the recently formed LipiTalk Slack workspace for Indic scripts. My
> wife is from Mumbai, I’ve spent a lot of time in India, and I’ve studied a
> bit of Hindustani classical music, mostly on bansuri [bamboo flute].
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> Those of you who were at TYPO Labs this year may remember me as one of the
> two Adobe guys that kept getting picked on by various speakers. ;-)
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> Cheers,
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> Christopher
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> *From: *"Levantovsky, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Levantovsky@monotype.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 9:43 AM
> *To: *"w3c-webfonts-wg (public-webfonts-wg@w3.org)" <
> public-webfonts-wg@w3.org>
> *Cc: *Christopher Chapman <cchapman@adobe.com>
> *Subject: *New member from Adobe
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> Folks,
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> I hope you all are doing great, and are getting anxious in anticipation of
> the news about the WebFonts WG. This email is just a quick update that we
> have a new member, Christopher Chapman from Adobe, who has just joined our
> [temporarily dormant] WebFonts Working Group. Christopher, can you please
> introduce yourself to the group?
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> As you all know, our prior extended charter has ended in the end of April
> 2018, and the current draft charter (
> http://www.w3.org/Fonts/WG/webfonts-2018.html
> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FFonts%2FWG%2Fwebfonts-2018.html&data=02%7C01%7Ccchapman%40adobe.com%7C9e26727c83cf45cbd74c08d5c0031a63%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636626041943251502&sdata=ceDHZEmCeH0CG4vqA5XnN%2BoccdaPyPX9s%2BjbpDaoQhA%3D&reserved=0>)
> is being developed and not yet approved. When the charter is approved, we
> will all have to rejoin the WG to renew our ‘vows’ and IP commitments, but
> we don’t have to wait for that to happen to get to know each other better
> (and please feel free to submit comments on the current draft charter, if
> you have any).
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> Thank you,
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> Vlad
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> P.S. Christopher and I are complete strangers, but he does resemble
> someone who had the same exact name and worked for Monotype for well over
> ten years. I’d be surprised if he happens to be the same guy, who is an
> expert in all aspects of fonts and font technology, and whose knowledge and
> expertise would be a very valuable asset for this WG.
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