[Fonts]i18n fixes in Xlib, A.1141 improvement

2002-06-29 Thread Olivier Chapuis
Hello, The attached patch improve my submission to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with sequence number A.1141 (and subject:) The new code vs A.1141 add one line of code + some comments which answer a question of O. Taylor about adding a break in the code. I explain why this break should be added (Moreover,

Re: [Fonts]FreeType 2 backend for the masses

2002-06-29 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
JP [...] either the instructions or the sources should be adapted. I was only checking if anyone's paying attention ;-) Nice to see you back, Joerg. Juliusz ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Keith Packard
Around 9 o'clock on Jun 29, Jungshik Shin wrote: IMHO, most problems with Han Unification arise not from using a _single_ font targeted at one of zh_TW/zh_CN/ja/ko to render a run of text in another but from mixing _multiple_ fonts (with _drastically different_ design principle and other

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Jungshik Shin
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Jungshik Shin wrote: On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Keith Packard wrote: I'm confused by this; my exposure to Chinese fonts says that simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese have significant overlap in Unicode codepoints, but that the glyphs are quite a bit different in

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Yao Zhang
I wrote earlier: Actually, it is better changed to if (covers_almost_all_of (GB2312)) font supports traditional Chinese if (covers_almost_all_of (Big5)) font supports traditional Chinese It should be if (covers_almost_all_of (GB2312))

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Pablo Saratxaga
Kaixo! On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 09:34:43AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote: This goal is reflected in the design I outlined -- fonts are deemed suitable for a particular language when they cover a significant fraction of the codepoints commonly associated with that language. That is

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Yao Zhang
Keith Packard wrote: Actually, I could really use as many Han fonts as you have, especially if they are from different vendors and of different ages. All I really need is the fonts.cache files generated from these fonts; that holds the unicode coverage and any OS/2 table information. That

[Fonts]Han unification(SC and TC)(was..Re: Automatic 'lang' determination)

2002-06-29 Thread Jungshik Shin
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Keith Packard wrote: Ooops. My message crossed yours in mail :-) Around 9 o'clock on Jun 29, Jungshik Shin wrote: IMHO, most problems with Han Unification arise not from using a _single_ font targeted at one of zh_TW/zh_CN/ja/ko to render a run of text in another

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Jungshik Shin
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Yao Zhang wrote: It should be if (covers_almost_all_of (GB2312)) font supports SIMPLIFIED Chinese if (covers_almost_all_of (Big5)) font supports traditional Chinese After sending my prev. message, I read this and I have to

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Keith Packard
Around 13 o'clock on Jun 29, Yao Zhang wrote: if (covers_much_of (gb18030)) font supports simplified Chinese if (covers_almost_all_of (Big5)) font supports traditional Chinese font does not support simplified Chinese For a GB18030

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Keith Packard
Around 20 o'clock on Jun 29, Pablo Saratxaga wrote: A font is suited for a given language when it covers *ALL* of the codepoints needed for that language. Yes, that's obviously true, but the problem is that I don't have tables for each language indicating the required codepoints, all I have

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Keith Packard
Around 14 o'clock on Jun 29, Yao Zhang wrote: Sure, I will install as many Chinese fonts as possible and get the fonts.cache for you. But before that, I will show you serveral lines in my fonts.cache: I'm afraid the mailers corrupted the rather long lines in those files, but given that

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Pablo Saratxaga
Kaixo! On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 01:20:34PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote: A font is suited for a given language when it covers *ALL* of the codepoints needed for that language. Yes, that's obviously true, but the problem is that I don't have tables for each language indicating the required

[Fonts]Re: Han unification(SC and TC)(was..Re: Automatic 'lang' determination )

2002-06-29 Thread John H. Jenkins
On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 12:31 PM, Jungshik Shin wrote: I'm afraid what you have heard of BMP section is misleading if I understood you correctly. Whether in BMP or not, simplified forms of Chinese characters are NOT UNIFIED with traditional forms of Chinese characters. (let me copy

Re: [Fonts]Automatic 'lang' determination

2002-06-29 Thread Yu Shao
Keith Packard wrote: Around 14 o'clock on Jun 29, Yao Zhang wrote: Sure, I will install as many Chinese fonts as possible and get the fonts.cache for you. But before that, I will show you serveral lines in my fonts.cache: I'm afraid the mailers corrupted the rather long lines in those files,