--- Steven Boothe <steven.boothe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sukhi Venkat (TnQ) wrote: > > Gora Mohanty wrote Thu, 2 Feb 2006 05:47:39 +0000 > (GMT): > > > >> Yeah, but that is hardly enough to implement an > AAT font, let alone a > >> rendering engine. Nor do I see from that article > a reason why this is > >> advantageous to OpenType, something which Apple > promised to support but > >> apparently does not adequately do so. I was > approached by someone who > >> wanted to implement Indic fonts in AAT, and he > uses a trial-and-error > >> method based on copying rules from existing > fonts, which is a rather > >> laborious and error-prone method for Indic fonts. > Currently, I see no > >> reason for the open-source world to try to > support AAT. > >> > > > > You may be right. I am in the early stages of my > education about fonts > > and the cavalier way the renderer works with them. > > > >> Well, if the particular representation is still > in use, the bug could > >> be fixed. Could you submit a more complete > report, including the set of > >> Unicode input characters, a picture of the > expected output, and, if > >> possible, a picture of what you actually get from > Pango, ICU, or QT? > > > >> It would be great if you could list these by the > Unicode input > >> sequence, and maybe someone can take a look at > them. It would be > >> even better if you would be willing to help out > in putting together > >> a comprehensive set of conjuncts, and a complete > glyph repository > >> for Tamil. > > > > I will do that! > > > > May be we will continue the discussion directly, > off the scribus > > list, since others may not find it very > interesting! > > But I'm interested! :) Still, maybe the discussion > is not specifically > germane to Scribus, so if you do decide to take the > discussion > "off-list" could you please include my email address > in the loop? Hi Suki and Co! Before you go off list, please consider creating a simple Scribus Wiki page devoted to this topic: current status, open questions, samples, people to contact just in case, etc... cheers Maciej ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
