[HarfBuzz] Hangul shaper

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 11/23/10 12:28, Changwoo Ryu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 2010-11-18 (목), 16:51 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod:
>> Hi Changwoo,
>>
>> As I'm developing HarfBuzz to replace the shapers in Pango I'm planning on
>> removing the Hangul shaping functionality that is in Pango, and rely on a
>> generic shaper that can handle Hangul Jamo composition/decomposition
>> automatically.  Compared to what's in Pango right now, this will remove the
>> fallback to using Hangul Compatibility Jamo area.  Can you confirm that the
>> use of the compatibility Jamo area is obsolete and not needed with Hangul
>> fonts in wide circulation these days?
> 
> I think it is OK to remove that fallback code. That fallback code is
> only useful to render old Hangul characters with incapable Hangul fonts.
> It is a very rare case and it can be handled better by font.

Great.  That's what I wanted to hear.

behdad