Re: good shaping example?

[Travis Griggs <travisgriggs gmail com>]

On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:

> On 09/14/10 12:52, Travis Griggs wrote:
> > I was hoping to show some pango rendered text tomorrow that shows  
> > some
> > really advanced shaping. I've got a "simple" example, that shows  
> > things
> > like composing with diacritical characters. But I was hoping somebody
> > could suggest some text that showed something advanced/cool/real.
>
> Take a look around http://www.pango.org/ScriptGallery
>
> The problem is: to truly appreciate the advanced/cool stuff you need  
> to know
> about complex scripts, vertical writing, Nastaliq, etc.  Otherwise  
> it all
> looks like "glyphs on the screen" :).


Well.. what I was hoping for was something where a series of code  
points, morphed in shape as they accumulated. I know about things like  
diacriticals and Korean Jamo composition, but I was looking for  
something where it changed more on some other property....

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Travis Griggs
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