[HarfBuzz] Questions regarding hb_language_t

Luis de Bethencourt luis at debethencourt.com
Sun Dec 15 17:01:48 PST 2013


Ariel,

Please document your findings in the Wiki. So other people can learn from
your experience.
https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/wiki

Thanks!

By the way, the code (Application.cpp) mentions a WebKit example I can't
find. What is this?


On 15 December 2013 19:48, Ariel Malka <ariel at chronotext.org> wrote:

> Update:
>
> I have found ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf and it works as intended (tested with
> "sd" and "ur")
>
> Note: while using Scheherazade-R.ttf, I did not ask for any particular
> shaper.
> Also: my version of Harfbuzz is compiled with HAVE_OT.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:23 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org>wrote:
>
>> I can reproduce your results with Scheherazade-R.ttf, even when
>> specifically
>> asking for the ot shaper instead of graphite2.  I have a local font file
>> called ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf that does work.  No idea what's going on,
>> Jonathan?
>>
>> On 13-12-15 06:57 PM, Ariel Malka wrote:
>> > Thank you all for the advices...
>> >
>> > I tried Urdu ("ur"), without success.
>> >
>> > Regarding the fonts:
>> >
>> > For the Cyrillic test: I used DejaVuSerif.tff v2.34
>> > For the Arabic test: I used Scheherazade-R.ttf v2.010
>> >
>> > FWIW, the "critical code" is here:
>> > 1. http://goo.gl/LGw95n
>> > 2. http://goo.gl/lJaSVs
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org
>> > <mailto:behdad at behdad.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 13-12-15 06:21 PM, Ariel Malka wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > Should I activate some "special features" beyond hb_script_t and
>> >     hb_language_t?
>> >
>> >     Nope.  Seems to be working to me.  Depends on the specific fonts
>> you are
>> >     using.
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     behdad
>> >     http://behdad.org/
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> behdad
>> http://behdad.org/
>>
>
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