Completing Unicode 3.2 Support in Free Software
Edward Cherlin - Encore Technologies
(S) Pte. Ltd.
Intended Audience: |
Managers, Software Engineers, Font Designers, Technical
Writers, Designers |
Session Level: |
Intermediate |
The author has been raising funds and organizing a project to
finish the needed fonts and rendering software for full support of
Unicode 3.2. At the beginning of this project, most of the work
remaining concerned Asian writing scripts with complex joining
behavior. This session will present a progress report, with
demonstrations, explaining the business case, the work plan,
technical issues and solutions, currently available fonts and
software including Pango and SIL Graphite, and remaining tasks,
including extensions in Unicode 4.0. |