It may be useful to wait until the Temp_ComplexScripts branch is merged into trunk to decide how to proceed with CFF. It is possible my client would like me to take a stab at CFF, so I may be able to add that to my task list.
G. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Alex Zepeda <zipzi...@sonic.net> wrote: > Glenn Adams wrote: > >> Actually, many fonts from MSFT, Adobe, and others are starting to take >> advantage of the OpenType GSUB/GPOS and related advanced typographic tables, >> even for fonts used with Latin and other Western scripts. Since (generic) >> support for these mechanisms has been added in the Temp_ComplexScripts >> branch, it is likely the same mechanisms can be used for CFF that reuse >> these or similar features, though I haven't investigated it. >> > > Fair enough. I'm still bummed that Apple's Pages has better OTF support > than Quark 8. FFS. In any case, I guess the big organizational question > is: does this all get shoved in the TrueType parsing classes? Or is it time > to split things up and devise something quick but more robust than file > extension to differentiate the two? > > - alex >
