This is because Arial Unicode MS does not have any of the OpenType information that would be necessary for the shaping in the Tibetan script. I do not know of any fonts that currently have this information, but I assume it is only a matter of time before there are some.
MichKa Michael Kaplan Trigeminal Software, Inc. -- http://www.trigeminal.com/ > From: Robin Sackmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 4:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Unicode Tibetan > > > Dear Sirs, > > when I try to use the Tibetan characters contained in the Arial Unicode > MS > font in Microsoft Word 2002, the vowel signs do not appear above (or > below) > the base character, as they should, but in the next character position. > > Example: the base character "BA" (0F56) cannot be combined with the > vowel > sign "O" (0F7C) in the proper way. (The result should actually be a > single > glyph representing the syllable "BO".) > > I would be grateful for any information on how this problem can be > solved. > > With many thanks and best regards, > > Robin Sackmann > _______________________________________ > > Robin Sackmann, M.A. > Research and Teaching Assistant > FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN > Berlin, Germany > ____________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > office +49-30-838-51373 > secretary +49-30-838-54011 > home +49-30-621 46 49 > www.germanistik.fu-berlin.de/il _______________________________________ > > >
