Chris, I understand (and agree) with your recommendations. One feature that
some systems have is composite fonts, where the "font" is actually a table
of subfonts in some order (perhaps with specific ranges assigned to each).
That way, someone can have the advantage of specifying a single font name,
and get a full repertoire, without requiring a monster font. Of course,
there may be little uniformity of style across scripts, or in mixtures of
symbols, but at least you can get legible characters instead of boxes.
Are there any plans to do something like that in Windows?
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Pratley" <chrispr@microsoft.com>
To: "akerbeltz.alba" <akerbeltz.alba@virgin.net>; "Unicode"
<unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:29 PM
Subject: RE: Windows/Office XP question
> All the Microsoft TrueType fonts are Unicode, and the repertoires that
each of them cover are added to over time. (usually in small groups of
characters in order to fully support regions such as the former soviet
republics, etc.)
>
> If you are referring specifically to Arial Unicode MS, the current version
is 1.0 (as opposed to various 0.8x and 0.9 versions in the past). This
version 1.0 has added OpenType shaping tables for many Indic scripts, as
well as a few more characters, but its basic repertoire is still Unicode
2.1.
>
> There are fonts available for download from Microsoft that cover much of
CJK Ext A and Ext B that were added in Unicode 3.0 and 3.1. Various other
fonts exist that support additional scripts added in 3.0.
>
> Please note that my personal recommendation is to use specific fonts
appropriate for the scripts you are supporting, rather than relying on a
"universal" font, which is always going to be compromised typographically.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: akerbeltz.alba [mailto:akerbeltz.alba@virgin.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:33 PM
> To: Unicode
> Subject: Windows/Office XP question
>
> Have the unicode fonts for Win/Office XP been extended, especially the
> ArialUnicode one (perhaps to include all of 3.0) or are they the same as
in
> ME/2000?
> Mìcheal
>
>
>
>
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