At 10:48 AM 4/18/2001 -0500, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
> >> In TrueType/OpenType, glyphs don't have to be mapped (assigned to
> >> code points).
> >
> >This is a myth that I hope to see eradicated as soon as possible.
>
>Marco, you are generating a myth that I hope not to see catch on. James is
>absolutely right.
I think Marco is interpreting 'mapping' to include mapping via
glyph-to-glyph-to-character lookups (indirect mapping). However, since the
original comment defined mapped glyphs as 'assigned to code points', it is
pretty obvious that the author meant direct mapping.
John Hudson
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