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→Free-open font packaging
An operating system of browser that relies on the 1996 font set for its text rendering is not really free. And text is still the may information age material.
Faced with this problem many individuals and organisations have started creating and publishing new fonts, but they lack the clout of multinationals to get successfully distributed, and are often poorly structured. The aim of this project would be to identify as many of those free fonts as possible and package them in Fedora. The result could then would serve as a core component of Fedora's art spin, and as basis for a richer international experience in Fedora (and derivatives such as OLPC)
This project is mainly targeted a free software (in this case fonts) distribution dynamics. You'll learn some rpm packaging skills, and be exposed to many different font projects worldwide, some big, some small, some efficient, some poorly run.
A project second stage would be to capitalize on the experience acquired and publish a set of distribution best practices for font authors, including recommended release composition, generic makefile, etc.
The Fedora [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Fonts Fonts special interest group] will provide mentoring, technical support, and documentation. An initial [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Font_wishlist list of fonts to package] has already been published.