Re: [NTG-context] GSUB init, medi, fina and .fea file
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 12:20:29AM +0100, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, I have the following OpenType feature archive (intended to use diferent forms for initial and medial/final beta, theta and phi): Quoting my answer from a different list: If you are using init/fina features, it will only work with Arabic/Syriac and similar scripts where it is needed for basic shaping, most OpenType engines (including the one Hans wrote for LuaTeX) don't support them for other scripts. However, you can use contextual substitution to implement the word boundary logic into your OpenType code, but that is a bit tricky. But since this is an often requested feature, and given that Adobe apps support these features for Latin script, I think it is worth supporting them in ConTeXt as well, it should be bit simpler than the Arabic logic already supported. Regards, Khaled ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] GSUB init, medi, fina and .fea file
On 1-2-2012 16:15, Khaled Hosny wrote: On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 12:20:29AM +0100, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, I have the following OpenType feature archive (intended to use diferent forms for initial and medial/final beta, theta and phi): Quoting my answer from a different list: If you are using init/fina features, it will only work with Arabic/Syriac and similar scripts where it is needed for basic shaping, most OpenType engines (including the one Hans wrote for LuaTeX) don't support them for other scripts. However, you can use contextual substitution to implement the word boundary logic into your OpenType code, but that is a bit tricky. But since this is an often requested feature, and given that Adobe apps support these features for Latin script, I think it is worth supporting them in ConTeXt as well, it should be bit simpler than the Arabic logic already supported. Just wondering ... zapfino probably has these features so they should work, although indeed the logic might be different. So, in order to proceed we need some test font. Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] GSUB init, medi, fina and .fea file
On 02/01/2012 04:36 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 1-2-2012 16:15, Khaled Hosny wrote: On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 12:20:29AM +0100, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, I have the following OpenType feature archive (intended to use diferent forms for initial and medial/final beta, theta and phi): [...] But since this is an often requested feature, and given that Adobe apps support these features for Latin script, I think it is worth supporting them in ConTeXt as well, it should be bit simpler than the Arabic logic already supported. Just wondering ... zapfino probably has these features so they should work, although indeed the logic might be different. So, in order to proceed we need some test font. Thanks for the replies, Khaled and Hans. I thought that using an external .fea file would work with any font that has the used glyphs, wouldn't it? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
