User-Selectable Presentation (was: Representative glyphs for combining kannada signs)

From: Richard Wordingham (richard.wordingham@ntlworld.com)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2006 - 14:42:47 CST

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    Kent Karlsson wrote:

    > Richard Wordingham wrote:

    >> > Antoine Leca wrote:
    >> >> And if I am, am I furthermore allowed to have some option
    >> >> which allows me to
    >> >> select, at *presentation* level, the stroke vs the dots,
    >> for the same
    >> >> underlying รค?

    >> It sounds like the OpenType Layout 'feature' to me.

    > I do hope you're not suggesting such a 'feature' for diearesis "shaping".

    Well, looking at
    http://www.microsoft.com/typography/developers/OpenType/featuretags.aspx , I
    don't see anything to stop them being used in, say, 'ss01' i.e. 'Stylistic
    Set 1' or, should one so wish, a font developer-defined feature 'URGH'.

    Richard.



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