Re: Run-time checking of fonts for Sinhala support

From: Harshula (harshula@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 03 2009 - 07:51:25 CDT

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    Hi Roozbeh,

    On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 12:29 -0700, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:

    > On a side note, I believe that certain parts of SLS 1134:Part 2:2007,
    > are in contradiction with certain parts of SLS 1134:2004. But that's a
    > different story.

    Please elaborate if you actually found examples of contradictions. I
    have CC'd those involved in the preparation of the documents.

    > > So, if SLS1134:Part2 stated something like 'Operating systems shall only
    > > recognise Level 1 compliant fonts as Sinhala fonts.', would that be
    > > sufficiently explicit in your mind?
    >
    > Is there any such text in the standard? I may have missed it.

    I don't think you actually answered the question. So, if SLS1134:Part2
    stated something like 'Operating systems shall only recognise Level 1
    compliant fonts as Sinhala fonts.', would that be sufficiently explicit
    in your mind?

    > Re-checking the actual standard, a correct claim could have been:
    <snip>
    > "'Computer systems preloaded with Sinhala' claiming to conform to SLS
    > 1134:2004 should include at least one Sinhala font, preferably
    > conforming to SLS 1134:2004 Level-1 font requirements."

    1) You say "should include at least"? Surely you mean "shall include at
    least".
    2) You say "preferably conforming to"? Surely you mean "confirming to".

    I suggest you re-read the document. Here's an extract (emphasis (*)
    added by me):
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    4.3 Computer Systems preloaded with Sinhala
    When a vendor provides the entire computer system preloaded
    with Sinhala, the user shall be able to work with Sinhala Unicode,
    without installing any third party component in the computer
    system. At a minimum the following components shall be provided
    with the computer system:
       a) Sinhala Display and printer driver
       b) Sinhala Keyboard and keyboard driver
       c) One Sinhala font

    This system shall support Unicode-aware applications running in
    Sinhala. The *three components* listed above *shall* have the
    *specifications described under section 4.1.and 4.2.*
    ---------------------------------------------------------

    ---------------------------------------------------------
    4.2 Fonts
    The fonts are standardized in 3 different levels. A level 1 font
    provides basic Sinhala support, and higher levels support more
    advanced features.
    ---------------------------------------------------------

    cya,
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