On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:17:54PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > Those knowing how to program well are those who can deal with English > > easily. > > Writing with a latin script without diacritics makes the life easier too. > > Even > > the whole old story about 'char' holds a character can go just fine. > > > > It's also easier to deal with fixed-width fonts than with many typing > > fanciness, > > as it is easier to take types as fixed drawings than combine them as in > > arabic. > > both of these problems are quite easy to solve, since they > can be solved once, and are solved problems in plan 9.
But then comes the antialiasing, the subpixel rendering for LCDs, the hinting, and all becomes quite complex. I think plan9 works mostly with bitmap fonts, isn't it? I was not aware that plan9 had the arabic linking solved. Good to know! As for the localisation of software, regarding the implementation to allow comfortable localisation without much trade-offs, I can't suggest anything of value now. Thank you, Lluís.
