From: David Starner (prosfilaes@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 17 2009 - 11:54:42 CDT
2009/8/17 John H. Jenkins <jenkins@apple.com>:
>
> 在 Aug 15, 2009 8:24 AM 時， Julian Bradfield 寫到：
>
>> However, there is no way the core font system can ever handle
>> variation selectors - it just doesn't have the mechanism. It would
>> have to be hacked in at the application library level using PUA
>> character positions in the font; which would have to be agreed outwith
>> Unicode, implemented in libraries, etc. etc.
>
>
> The current version of the OpenType spec provides for support of variation
> selectors at the font level.
The statement was about the X11 core font system. I'm not sure I buy
that it's worth Unicode worrying about; it has no support for complex
script shaping, for one.
-- Kie ekzistas vivo, ekzistas espero.
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