> From: Khaled Hosny <dr.khaled.ho...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 09:51:21 +0200 > Cc: harfbuzz@lists.freedesktop.org > > > Thanks. Since (b) is not really feasible without redesigning the > > entire Emacs display engine (for which I see no volunteers lining up > > any time soon), I guess we will have to use some more-or-less > > reasonable and somewhat unreliable heuristics by supporting only some > > ligatures that are known in advance. > > What are you going to do about kerning, or mark positioning? Partially > kerning arbitrary glyphs (because the sub string match some regular > expression) is worse than not kerning at all.
I don't think I understand the question. How is kerning related to the issue at hand? I'm not an expert on typesetting text (so maybe I don't even understand what exactly is meant by "kerning" in this context), so please tell more details about this. Thanks. _______________________________________________ HarfBuzz mailing list HarfBuzz@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz
