Hi Hans,
On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:36 -0600, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote:
I'm on-and-off working on the more technical font manual and in the
process also check some old code i've laying around (deciding on what to
include and not). I'm also revising the tracer styles.
Which makes me wonder: are there specific additional features that one
would like to see in context (mkiv only of course) with respect to font
support?
This may be beyond the scope of your current plans, but worth considering:
It would be nice to have a mechanism where we can override/add opentype
gsub and gpos features. Early on in the history of luatex we once had a
mechanism that did this using FontForge's version of Adobe Feature Files.
From what I understand, the AFF syntax is finally mature and supports all
lookup types:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko/topic_feature_file_syntax.html
Or maybe we have our own syntax in lua, goodies etc. Anyway, a way to
control/override opentype gsub and gpos behavior would be interesting.
Even if a total controller is too ambitious/unwieldy, just being able to
do a few basic gsub/gpos tricks may be useful for, e.g., bugs in the font.
Anyway, something to think about.
Best wishes
Idris
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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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