Fontfeatures and latin script

Fontfeatures and latin script

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Hi Hans,

why was 'script=latn' removed from the three predefined fontfeatures
default, oldstyle and smallcaps.

A lot of fonts (free and commercial) need these features to enable
kerning, ligatures and other features.

Regards,
Wolfgang
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Re: Fontfeatures and latin script

[Taco Hoekwater]

Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> why was 'script=latn' removed from the three predefined fontfeatures
> default, oldstyle and smallcaps.
> 
> A lot of fonts (free and commercial) need these features to enable
> kerning, ligatures and other features.

The most important reason was that an explicit default like

   script=latn

will block any and all features in the font that depend on the
default script, and whether that is latn or cyrl or arab etc.
depends on the font. Phrased in another way: script=latn
discriminates against other scripts and fonts.

We are still searching for a better (=as automatic as possible)
solution.

Best wishes,
Taco & Hans

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