Can anyone clarify this one: In Microsoft page here : http://www.microsoft.com/typography/OTSPEC/indicot/default.htm says Malayalam chillu glyphs are formed when inputting (consonant)+(virama). Can I use another formation for chillus, I want to use (consonant)+(virama)+(ZWJ) any problem? And any problem, If I am am giving ligature formation in this way in OpenType tables?
Regards, Baiju M --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Actually, my point was specifically that *part* of the > infrastructure is > > already present, at least in OpenType, but not *all*, either > in OpenType > > (meaning of "language" in the OT spec needs to be clarified, > and > > relationships between these tags and the "language" tags > used for data e.g. > > RFC 3066, need to be resolved)... > > 'Language system' (not 'language') in the OpenType > specification actually means > *writing* system, i.e. a particular set of > orthographic/typographic conventions > associated with the use of a particular script. 'Language > system' is a > misnomer -- an historical artifact of the incomplete > understanding of the > format's original designers --, and it has caused all sorts of > confusion, > especially among people who assume that the OT 'language > system' tags must have > some relationship to things like NLS tags. There is no > necessary relationship > and, indeed, it is possible to conceive of a user wanting to > apply, for > instance, the typographic conventions of German to a language > other than German. > > I've suggested to Microsoft and Adobe that the term used in > the spec should be > changed, or at least annotated. > > John Hudson > ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
