> From: Pablo Saratxaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yes, this is also the case for the majority of utf-8 locales as well;
Majority? (^-^;; Well, at least some of UTF-8 locales can share their
locale database in X.
If you need it, I can give you another example in addition to Urdo.
In Unicode, having presentation form within Unicode is EXCEPTIONAL.
We should assume ANY presentation form should be distinguished outside
of UNICODE.
> however some locales will need a specific set of definitions; those
> are the CJK locales; but maybe some others too.
^^^^^
To confirm the fact; not "maybe", for sure.
Unicode is not designed for font encoding. Without having smartfont
with the appropriate rendering engine, blindly believing in Unicode
encoded font as the single ultimate solution is a silly idea.
Unicode Technical Committee at Unicode Consortium has been assuming
the existance of smartfont and appropriate rendering engine to design
the Unicode architecture to be generalized.
At the UTC meeting held last week, the representative from Adobe
tought the committee that it was not appropriate to assume such apparently
generalized approach works all the time, since viewing from font development
in regard to the the regature tables UTC assume to work allmightly(and
font itself) are made one-by-one carefully to be appropriate, which
struck one side of UTC members who always say that this apparently
complexity of Unicode can be easily solved with OpenType ragature
table.
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