Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

From: Ngwe Tun (ngwestar@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 12 2010 - 21:38:46 CDT

  • Next message: Peter Constable: "RE: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?"

    Dear Peter Costable,

    it might be off-topic, When Microsoft will fix MLang bugs for Myanmar?
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2008/04/18/8403631.aspx

    Burmese Font Developer, We are making fonts without Microsoft OpenType font
    specifiction for Myanmar. Can we have any of specification for OpenType in
    Unicode 6.0. Again, another disappointing case is Character Map in Windows 7
    didn't update yet for Myanmar Changes in Unicode 5.1

    Best

    Ngwe Tun.

    On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com>wrote:

    > We are in the process of updating the tags to sync with Unicode 6.0. This
    > has to be coordinated with the ISO Open Font Format standard, so may take a
    > little time.
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    > Peter
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    > *From:* unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] *On
    > Behalf Of *John H. Jenkins
    > *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2010 9:32 AM
    > *To:* Unicode ML
    > *Subject:* Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?
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    > You might start with at
    > http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otlist.htm.
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    > On Oct 11, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Saqqara wrote:
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    > Given that OpenType is the de-facto standard for fonts, it is
    > disappointing to see the 'Script tag' list for OpenType has not been updated
    > in almost three years. I'm a patient person but the lack of inclusion of new
    > scripts in Unicode 5.2 a year after the fact seems like carelessness. I've
    > elaborated a little further on my jtotobsc blog, see
    > http://jtotobsc.blogspot.com/2010/10/isounicode-scripts-missing-in-opentype.html
    > .
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    >
    > My particular interest being ๐“Œƒ๐“‚ง๐“๐“ฏ๐“€๐“ช๐“†Ž๐“…“๐“Š– (mdt-kmt, the Egyptian
    > language in hieroglyphs).
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    > Any ideas who needs to be prodded to make an update happen? It would also
    > be very useful if HTML5/WOFF could spec Unicode 6.0 or later as a step
    > towards a multiscript web.
    >
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    >
    > Bob Richmond
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    > =====
    > Siรดn ap-Rhisiart
    > John H. Jenkins
    > jenkins@apple.com
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