[HarfBuzz] harfbuzz.old applies x advances for rtl in the wrong direction
Jjgod Jiang
gzjjgod at gmail.com
Thu Jan 13 15:16:45 PST 2011
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org> wrote:
> See:
> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/gpos.htm
>
> "X and Y values specified in OpenType fonts for placement operations are
> always within the typical Cartesian coordinate system (origin at the
> baseline of the left side), regardless of the writing direction."
After a second thought, you are right, the xAdvance here has nothing to do
with writing direction. I will get the patch integrated soon.
- Jiang
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