Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-16 Thread William_J_G Overington
Vinod Kumar rigvi...@gmail.com wrote as follows. quote We have demonstrated that an ordered sequence of context sensitive glyph substitutions as implemented by the GSUB tables in Open Fonts are necessary and sufficient for shaping all the nine Indian scripts. end quote In view of this, I

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-15 Thread Ngwe Tun
hope this URL http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-is-in-name-when-it-cant-be-read.htmlhelpful to know pseudo unicode font. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Andrew Cunningham lang.supp...@gmail.comwrote: HI Vinod, On 15 October 2010 13:04, Vinod Kumar rigvi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-15 Thread Eric Muller
I entirely second Peter's description. Let’s keep this in perspective: consider just how much progress there has been in the last ten years. IMHO, we can all be grateful to Microsoft in that area. I don't believe any other company or group has been as instrumental in bringing real

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-15 Thread Saqqara
to stimulate some competition. Bob Richmond - Original Message - From: Peter Constable To: 'Saqqara' ; Unicode ML Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:16 PM Subject: RE: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0? The tags will likely match ISO 15924 IDs. I don’t maintain the OT registry

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-14 Thread Saqqara
- Original Message - From: Peter Constable To: John H. Jenkins ; Unicode ML Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:39 PM Subject: RE: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0? We are in the process of updating the tags to sync with Unicode 6.0. This has to be coordinated

RE: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-14 Thread Peter Constable
186 languages and 159 regions and is growing. Still, I’m with all of you that wish things progressed more quickly. Peter From: Saqqara [mailto:saqq...@saqqara.org] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:27 AM To: Peter Constable; Unicode ML Subject: Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-14 Thread Vinod Kumar
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Andrew Cunningham lang.supp...@gmail.comwrote: I've been monitoring solutions for mobile devices esp smart phones in south east asia, and there seems to be a growing trend to implement legacy encodings for pseudo-Unicode solutions that aren't dependent on

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-13 Thread Ngwe Tun
Dear Peter Constable, Thanks for your attention on our beloved languages. Interesting News. http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phukets-burmese-wave-douses-english-bank-atms-12946/It is proof that Burmese language is not only for Burma. Burmese Language Speakers (more than 60 mil, including minority

RE: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-12 Thread Peter Constable
, 2010 9:32 AM To: Unicode ML Subject: Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0? You might start with at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otlist.htm. On Oct 11, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Saqqara wrote: Given that OpenType is the de-facto standard for fonts, it is disappointing to see

Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-12 Thread Ngwe Tun
:* Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0? You might start with at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otlist.htm. On Oct 11, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Saqqara wrote: Given that OpenType is the de-facto standard for fonts, it is disappointing to see the 'Script tag' list for OpenType has

RE: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0?

2010-10-12 Thread Peter Constable
. Jenkins; Unicode ML Subject: Re: OpenType update for Unicode 5.2/6.0? Dear Peter Costable, it might be off-topic, When Microsoft will fix MLang bugs for Myanmar? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2008/04/18/8403631.aspx Burmese Font Developer, We are making fonts without Microsoft OpenType