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Re: Multiple contextual alternates in sequence, based on proximity?
Regarding floating lookup blocks: Generally, lookups [groups of rules] are compiled in the same order as the feature blocks in which they are declared. And typically, this is how you want it (and why…8 -
Re: Cyrillics I really need to bother with
FWIW, here is what I accumulated, formatted as a Python dict: cyrlLangChars = { # Slavic Languages 'Russian': u'АБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯабвгдеёжзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя'…23 -
Re: Final/intial features
Support & implementation for {init} and {fina} is spotty. So I don’t think you can expect anything consistently or reliably. FWIW, however: in InDesign, if you enable OpenType > Positional For…3 -
Re: Sloping math symbols in italic faces, is it normal?
To be clear, I wasn’t intending to argue right or wrong. I was just providing some perspective in response to Chris’s original questions: Odd? New thinking? Appropriate? No, not in my opinion; certai…3 -
Re: Sloping math symbols in italic faces, is it normal?
BTW, a specialized application of a math operator in a non-math context that might not be on everyone’s radar is the use of the multiplication sign in the botanical names of hybrids. In some cases it…8
