From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/59565 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Khaled Hosny Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: can Context render complex scripts? Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:28:53 +0300 Message-ID: <20100613192853.GA4249@khaled-laptop> References: <4C14F250.70206@wxs.nl> <4C152C8B.8030404@wxs.nl> <20100613191535.GA4150@khaled-laptop> <20100613191950.GB4150@khaled-laptop> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276457346 28353 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2010 19:29:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ishamid@colostate.edu, Michael Saunders To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Jun 13 21:29:04 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONsrg-00041x-AS for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:29:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9EBEC9AAA; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:29:03 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id TgRw+h72HA6h; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:29:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE47AC9A41; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:29:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AFDBC9A41 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:29:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id qFml9xzdJZ2W for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:28:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com (mail-wy0-f169.google.com [74.125.82.169]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA0AC9A1F for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:28:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wyf28 with SMTP id 28so3377853wyf.14 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:28:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=93NFib2e0YCVaNZ6yEyHr94ZHvq/8ucnfc9+4awedxw=; b=MKQsU/gYV/OQvxXJYDi1jCmWns6ZMRwp6EqjT9anh7Jdjj0wSoHfj2G6cSwK1vQhmK ELl39jFngQTHddSu6p52f5NuzR3gP0XjaKd8+Lk5/x7yuqH2Avv4STzBpP+PxQrFLBN4 s+Z44CfVN7wy4wTn+pR+4MOPLdLDnVUta2WKI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=mx22Sts1Ii9BqtEGFKb/fn81GdERoPM8h8lleUIqoHAw38LjeRhq9CL/RzL9FcvdAc aQ3rpXszL5PI6X1/r54AxQWaFecYXW/d99nS7i9YhouEbKmjnrEPwz8p50ufarJHg1Bi gAKVPjvSfz3BTEUhCJSPrSaWwWKZ4auIpZyHk= Original-Received: by 10.227.142.210 with SMTP id r18mr4745090wbu.81.1276457337393; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([41.238.232.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b17sm30144281wbd.7.2010.06.13.12.28.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100613191950.GB4150@khaled-laptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:59565 Archived-At: On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:19:50PM +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:15:35PM +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 09:07:55PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > As Khaled mentioned ... are these proper otf fonts or do they rely > > > on specific features in the microsoft engine? > > > > > > Most opentype features are quite generic and should work ok but if > > > something special is needed more info is needed. > > > > IIRC, there is a bit of engine level glyph reordering involved with > > Indic rendering. > > Here is a tugboat article with more details: > http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb23-1/rajkumar.pdf > > Though it might not be up to date, but it gives a good overall idea > about the issue. And MS page: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otfntdev/indicot/features.aspx -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________