[HarfBuzz] Questions regarding hb_language_t

[Olivier Berten]

I guess you mean Russian vs Serbian ;-)


2013/12/16 Ariel Malka <ariel at chronotext.org>

> Errata:
>
> Regarding "Russian vs Cyrillic": any idea why DejaVuSerif.ttf (v2.34) is
> working only partially?
> (I previously mentioned "Verdana"...)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Ariel Malka <ariel at chronotext.org>wrote:
>
>> > This one does not seem to work in your screenshot, left and right are
>> identical.
>>
>> > Please document your findings in the Wiki. So other people can learn
>> from your experience.
>>
>> > By the way, the code (Application.cpp) mentions a WebKit example I
>> can't find. What is this?
>>
>> I updated the mini-project:
>> https://github.com/arielm/Unicode/tree/master/Projects/LanguageFeatures
>>
>> Documentation, screen-shot, links and code are now up-to-date ;)
>>
>> I'm working by iterations (each time concentrating on a single topic), so
>> I guess it will be possible to add links to my mini-projects in the Wiki,
>> once they're maturating...
>>
>> Regarding "Russian vs Cyrillic": any idea why the OSX version of Verdana
>> is working only partially?
>> Is someone aware of another font supporting the required behaviour?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ariel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Works for me with ScheherazadeRegOT.ttf, too.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 07:23:07PM -0500, Behdad Esfahbod 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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