Comment #12 on issue 22240 by verdyp: Do ligature substitution on web  
content
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=22240

I agree, but what is suggested is to implement several levels of ligatures,  
as those
already implemented (with custom CSS properties) in Adobe Flex 4, which  
provides an
excellent implementation of what typographs want.

See
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flex/4.0/langref/spark/components/supportClasses/Slider.h
tml

But fonts and renderers can still correctly honor the prohibition of  
automatic
ligatures for specific languages like:
  - 'fl' in German between two morphemes : note that Unicode suggests using  
<f,ZWNJ,l>
for this case, if the language cannot be identified by the browser or is not
explicitly tagged.
  - 'oe' in French (there are oppositions like "œuf" where the ligature is  
required
and "coexister" where the ligature is prohibited)

Even without such advanced ligatures support (such as the one already  
proposed by
Adobe), the browser should still honor the ZWJ and ZWNJ correctly (without  
exhibiting
the bug #26487) and in a way conforming to Unicode (not showing by default  
glyphs for
format controls).


--
You received this message because you are listed in the owner
or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue.
You may adjust your issue notification preferences at:
http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/
Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to