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Re: Determine whether a font file is OpenType format or TrueType format
How one diagrams the relationships of the various sfnt font flavours depends on what aspect of those relationships one considers important. I tend to think in terms of outline format and glyph proces…2 -
Re: Arabic Unicode normalisation
A couple of things to note: 1. Fonts are not responsible for implementing any Unicode normalisation, and glyphs processing isn't bound by normalisation properties and behaviours. Normalisation i…2 -
Re: Making Windows Fonts Do Something They Shouldn't
You seem to be thinking that there is a way to make a font that is limited to an 8-bit decimal encoding of the kind to which e.g. PS Type 1 fonts were limited, but also has a Unicode encoding for cha…2 -
Re: Making Windows Fonts Do Something They Shouldn't
No, because John S does want the correct Unicode codepoints for the chess symbols in the text string eventually. He's just trying to come up with a way to get them there that doesn't involv…3 -
Re: Making Windows Fonts Do Something They Shouldn't
The trouble with ASCII or ANSI codes with a OTL feature such as ornm is that what is being stored in the text is those codes, and not the Unicode chess symbol characters. John seems to be suggesting …1
