Re: [OT] Seeking the author of a burmese font

This is a bit of a detective story.

The keyboard map for the Karen font (available at
<http://www.nandawon.demon.co.uk/burmese-fonts/freepc.htm>) includes a
name for a certain Thomas E. Brackett. It seems to me that he's the
same person as identified at
<http://www.burmalibrary.org/reg.burma/archives/199412/msg00034.html>
as this font's designer.

But it is Mr. Brackett's wife Liz who delivers the coup de grâce. As
she writes at Colgate University's website at
<http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/may2000/retire.html>:

A transition time, such as retirement, gives one an opportunity to
look forward as well as back. With his sabbatical and summer
vacations, Tom Brackett has for some time been looking at a new career
focused on service to others. Little did he dream that he would end up
living in a refugee camp on the other side of the world teaching
English. It was an experience that not only changed his life, but
introduced him to the struggle for human rights in Burma, and the
different ethnic groups engaged in this struggle.

Tom and I found the Karen people to be welcoming, eager to learn, and
in spite of the harsh realities of their lives as refugees, incredibly
cheerful. At the end of our stay, we promised to come back, and indeed
have. Tom was soon bringing back Colgate students to share this
experience.

One year at Dr. Cynthia's Charity Clinic, he found a computer still in
the box because no one knew how to use it. He was soon teaching a
small group of eager medics the vagaries of Microsoft Word and Data
Base. Another year, after poring over the characters in one of the few
books printed in the Karen language, Tom developed a computer font for
the Karen characters. He and his diskette were much in demand along
the border that year, as clinics discovered they could keep patient
records using the alphabet of the Karen language.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Wady

On 29 Sep 2005 04:02:21 -0700, Cingar wrote:

> Hallo everybody.
>
> Does anyone know the name of the person or organization who designed
> the free burmese font "Karen2_0.ttf"?
>
> I used this font in a book I wrote (about the written languages of
the
> world), and I would like to give proper credit to all the authors of
> the fonts I used.
>
> The font file does not come with any readme or license files, and it
> has nothing in the "author" or "copyrights" fields.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
.

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