The Weekly Wrap-Up: August 31 - September 4, 2020

This has been a productive week, so in honor of that, I gave myself a day off. So technically, this should only be through September 3. But I like consistency and symmetry, so there. 

I finished a group of Hindi, which was quite a feat in itself. I mentioned the switch to Adobe Creative Cloud (hereafter referred to as CC), and that has not been without its challenges. One of the reasons we were using CS4 was because it offered a Middle Eastern option, which we needed because of all the glyph languages. (I could be mangling this explanation, but it's how I understand things, so if I'm wrong, don't tell me.) Glyphs are cool, but they do have a tendency to make life rather interesting sometimes. They either don't come in correctly or they end up in weird places, and we don't always catch on because, well, we don't speak or read glyph languages. Sometimes, though, it's pretty obvious. Anyway, Hindi is a glyph language, and what makes it even more interesting is that it tends to sit below a Latin script. I'm not sure how to explain it. Just look up something in Hindi and see how the top bar tends to squash things. Anyway, that means you need less room above a line and more below, because there are little dangly bits that can throw you off as well. But we figured it out, and another group is in the can. 

The other big coup is that I finally (FINALLY) published all of the updated English F booklets. If you recall, I've been working on this project since January. Yeah. It's been my background project for when I needed something to do or just needed a break. But rare are the days when there isn't anything else to do. But I figured 8 months was probably long enough, so I finally found some time to get it done. 

All the usual stuff is still going on, so I'll continue to be plenty busy. But I needed a break. It's weird to think about that this year. You'd think everyone would have had enough of a break with the lockdown. But I didn't really stop doing what I'd been doing. I actually did more, since quite often Sarah and I were the only boots on the ground, so to speak. And I am feeling it. 

So, I am going to enjoy this Labor Day weekend by doing absolutely no labor whatsoever. I hope you are in a position to do the same. 

Bye!