From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Fri Sep 24 2004 - 17:50:08 CDT
On 24/09/2004 17:59, Mike Ayers wrote:
> ...
>
> I should also point out that Peter, like many advocates of
> glyph composition, seems to believe that this would be an easier
> path. This would probably be true in the end, but along the way is
> much, much more work. Ironically, part of that work would probably
> include assemblage of the very database of precomposed glyphs that he
> argued against - so that the data for composition of each individual
> composed glyph (deformation, position, magnification, etc.) can be
> generated and checked. Yes, it would be a monumental achievement, but
> a pretty cool one, all said and done.
>
>
I should point out in return that I am not advocating glyph composition
for CJK-type scripts, but for scripts like Hebrew in which fairly simple
positioning rules can be used, rules which have already been
successfully implemented in OpenType fonts like SBL Hebrew.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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