On Thursday 12 May 2005 10:53, + Alec McAllister wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > > Dear All, > > I'd be grateful for advice about this. If we can crack this problem for > one language, the same technique can probably work for others. > > I'm using 00 1.9.100 under XP, with all the Service Packs and updates > installed, bang up to date as of this morning. > > The excellent Code2000 font contains OpenType features for the Mongolian > Traditional alphabet, which my university teaches, so it's very > important here. I am responsible for supporting such things, so it's > important for me, too. > > OO is the only software I've found that displays Unicode Mongolian in > proper vertical columns, running left to right, so it's ideal for the > job, which also provides an opportunity to introduce OO in a > high-profile role and get some publicity. > > However, I can't get OO to display the Mongolian characters "joined > together", i.e. using the OpenType commands that are encoded in the font > to perform the substitutions so that the same character has different > forms at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of a word. > > Arabic and similar languages depend on OpenType features, and they > display correctly in OO, so it's obviously possible. > > I've managed to get correct OpenType display of Mongolian in one small > corner of Word For Windows 2003, so the system settings seem to be > correct and working. That leads me to suspect that there should be some > option within OO, i.e. that the missing feature needs to be set in the > application, rather than in the operating system. > > Mongolian isn't explicitly listed, as far as I can see. > > A) Does anyone know if it is listed anywhere in OO options? > > B) Is there some way of using a "User Defined" language setting as a > work-around? > > Any ideas would be very welcome.
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