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Date/Time: Wed Jan 22 21:06:25 CST 2014
Contact: vssun9@gmail.com
Name: Sunil V S
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: PRI 263:Sequences to Select From Multiple C2-Conjoining Forms in Malayalam
In general this is a great proposal. Accepting this will enable font develepors to create unified fonts cosisting of both old and reformed script elements of Malayalam. Right now, hybrid scripting is common in handwriting and use multiple fonts for representing old and reformed script is the general practice. In this method, fonts play vital role especially in the case of demonstrating characters in a book on scripts. Accepting this proposal will relieve users from dependancy to fonts.
Date/Time: Wed Jan 22 23:41:19 CST 2014
Contact: viswaprabha@gmail.com
Name: Viswanathan Prabhakaran
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: PRI 263
1. During such situations as when to discuss about the very typography/orthography itself on any script platform (especially on electronic documents or web pages), we frequently encounter situations where explicit representation of an alternative script (for comparison or criticism) is necessary. Currently, pure Unicode cannot convey such alternate orthographies as far as conventional and reformed Malayalam scripts are concerned.Often, the only possibility is to use embedded graphic elements. The above proposal will greatly aid in such scenarios. 2. Although it is generally taken as granted that users adapt to either one or the other convention, a large percentage of the population (including handwriting, press and commercial printing) are using glyphs from both schemes. This proposal will help the true quotation and representation of their text elsewhere. 3. Font developers can incorporate any number of combinations of glyphs from both the schemes and create supersets. A user will be able to unconditionally pick his choice of glyphs by choosing specific IME combinations. As a stakeholder, I appreciate and strongly support this proposal.