"John Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, if the question is how to make an OpenType font *not* display the dotted > > circle on Windows with Uniscribe, one idea would be to add a spacing glyph to > > U+25CC (DOTTED CIRCLE) in the font. This spacing glyph should be a no-contour > > glyph, perhaps with the same advance width as U+0020. I've not tried this, > > but it might just work. > > It should work: Uniscribe inserts the U+25CC glyph that is in the font, so this could be > something other than an actual dotted circle. Another option would be to map the dotted > circle to a non-contour spacing glyph in one of the discretionary OpenType Layout features > such as <salt>, which would allow users of apps supporting that feature (currently only > InDesign ME, so far as I know) to choose whether or not to display the circle. > > John Hudson If someone wants this, isn't it possible to put a specific lookup in the font so that any dependant vowel following a space character renders as a spacing (stand-alone) dependant vowel? Surely a specific lookup should overide it being displayed on a dotted circle by default. - Chris
