On Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 05:40 AM, Charlie Jolly wrote:
> Just interested in cross-platform issues.
>
> Is it possible to produce one OpenType font for a complex script e.g.
> Hindi
> that works with Uniscribe on Windows and ATSUI on the Mac? Or does the Mac
> version need to be geared towards AAT?
>
ATSUI uses AAT. There is no technical reason why a font cannot contain
both the data needed for OT to work on Windows and ATSUI/AAT on the Mac.
> also
>
> Does Adobe's CoolType basically do what Uniscribe/ATSUI does, albeit with
> less script support?
>
No. CoolType, so far, is geared mostly at typography for Latin and not at
complex scirpt support.
> thirdly
>
> Does MSOffice X for the Mac make use of Unscribe?
>
Uniscribe doesn't exist on the Mac. MS Office X converts Unicode text to
runs of older Mac script systems and does not use ATSUI. It is therefore
limited in the extent to which it supports Unicode.
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