Hello Brad,
>> My gut feeling says it's about 30% design and 70% implementation.
>> Most likely, it is an iterative process, i.e., the first try will
>> fail, the second try will probably work so-so, the third try gives
>> mostly good results with some prominent errors, etc., etc.
>
> After thinking about this, I believe I will not be able to do this
> project.
Sorry to hear that.
> I would still be very interested in contributing to FreeType
> at some point, [...]
This would be great!
All the best
Werner