[HarfBuzz] Fwd: 'rakar' for cluster സ്പ്ര is not reordered when there is full base conjunct

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 13-03-06 03:56 PM, Rajeesh K Nambiar wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org
> <mailto:behdad at behdad.org>> wrote:
>  
> 
>     Right.  Was there in fact a 'mlym' spec ever?  IIRC Malayalam was added when
>     the new specs were designed.
> 
> I *think*, and correct me if I'm wrong, the pre-win7 spec was 'mlym' and the
> win-7 spec introduced 'mlm2'. I can't seem to find the supporting
> documentation in microsoft opentype site though.

You are right.


>     At any rate, you need to add a 'pref' table to the font that matches the
>     sequence 'Ra,Halant' (for 'mlym') or 'Halant,Ra' (for 'mlm2').  You add that
>     and the font works.  We are not going to work around this.
> 
> The problem is, there is already a 'pstf' table for 'Ra, Halant' (for mlym)
> defined in Rachana and Meera, which is present for years and I know not why (I
> thought only 'Halant+Ra' should make the 'Ra sign'). We tried adding 'pref'
> table also for the same sequence during the Pune language summit, but then
> found that the 'Ra' rendering goes haywire with complex conjuncts and to fix
> that a lot of combinations to be added in the font. :-/

One way to do it is to add a contextual lookup that matches Ra,Halant, but
does nothing to it (ie. has no lookups applied).  That may be just enough to
do the magic.

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