[HarfBuzz] Questions regarding hb_language_t

Ariel Malka ariel at chronotext.org
Mon Dec 16 01:57:44 PST 2013


Correct! Thank you Olivier...

Errata (bis):

Regarding "Russian vs Serbian": any idea why DejaVuSerif.ttf (v2.34) is
working only partially?


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Olivier Berten
<olivier.berten at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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