Encoding the unencoded

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  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,227
    edited October 2023
    If schwa + combining grave is input, then that is what is stored in the text string in the PDF, which means that the text can be selected, copied, and pasted into other environments and stands a reasonably good chance of being correctly displayed in other fonts as ə̀ rather than as  ə`.
  • John Butler
    John Butler Posts: 297
    Which keyboard layout has a schwa key but no combining grave?

    There appear to be two Azerbaijani layouts, one QWERTY-based with grave, the other seemingly without, unless I’m missing something.
  • James Montalbano
    James Montalbano Posts: 101
    If schwa + combining grave is input, then that is what is stored in the text string in the PDF, which means that the text can be selected, copied, and pasted into other environments and stands a reasonably good chance of being correctly displayed in other fonts as ə̀ rather than as  ə`.
    Since my client is ony interested in a very narrow user base, I think I'd rather opt for making it easier for them to input rather than worrying about how it will render in another font which will likely never happen
  • Thomas Phinney
    Thomas Phinney Posts: 2,896
    So you think they will never use a system font or Noto or the like?
  • James Montalbano
    James Montalbano Posts: 101
    Who can say. Going back to input, if the schwa + combining grave is how the ccmp feature is written, can my client simply select the precomposed glyph via the character/glyph palette and still be compliant?
  • Denis Moyogo Jacquerye
    Denis Moyogo Jacquerye Posts: 197
    @James Montalbano you asked what were the best practices.

    A ccmp substitution for schwa gravecomb by schwa_gravecomb is the best practice for glyph palette input and PDF accessibility.
  • James Montalbano
    James Montalbano Posts: 101
    Thank you for your advice.

    I have tested schwa gravecomb by schwagravecomb, and it properly decomposes when changed to other fonts
  • James Montalbano
    James Montalbano Posts: 101
    @Denis Moyogo Jacquerye I tried you suggested ccmp code. It worked the same way my previous attempt did, but with the added bonus of aligning the base glyph with the precomposed glyph in the glyph palette. Thank you.

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