Re: [Silgraphite-devel] Re: Pango and SILGraphite
- From: ytang0648 aol com
- To: Peter_Constable sil org, gtk-i18n-list gnome org, silgraphite-devel lists sourceforge net, cherlin pacbell net
- Subject: Re: [Silgraphite-devel] Re: Pango and SILGraphite
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:43:05 -0500
In a message dated 1/27/2003 11:20:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, Peter_Constable sil org writes:
>
> >According to SIL's experts, several of the complex scripts, such as
> Burmese,
> >cannot be rendered completely correctly from TrueType or ordinary OpenType
> >fonts.
>
> Well, there's no debate that plain-vanilla TrueType can't deal with any
> complex script adequately. As for OpenType, it can do quite a bit, though
> some have questioned whether it can hold up in some situations. I'm not
> sure if any of us in SIL has flatly said that several complex scripts
> cannot be rendered completely correctly using OpenType, though I suspect
> some of us might have said that implementing certain
> behaviours and,
> perhaps, certain scripts can be a pain in OpenType.
About OpenType:
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