Re: script complexity, was Re: OpenType vs TrueType (was current version of unicode-font)

2004-12-05 Thread Bob Hallissy
On 05/12/2004 01:36:22 Richard Cook wrote: >Script complexity is not so easily quantified. Has anyone tried to sort >scripts by complexity? Difficut task I would imagine. At least two complications: You have to sort by script x language. For example, Latin script for English language is probab

script complexity, was Re: OpenType vs TrueType (was current version of unicode-font)

2004-12-04 Thread Richard Cook
On Dec 4, 2004, at 12:15 PM, John Hudson wrote: I think Peter's point was that complex script require font layout tables Script complexity is not so easily quantified. Has anyone tried to sort scripts by complexity? In terms of the present discussion, Han would be viewed as a simple script, and