From: John Hudson (john@tiro.ca)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 23:49:06 CDT
Brian Wilson wrote:
> 1. Does this mean that my problem can not be solved by unicode and that I
> need to go to a different level?
Yes, this is an issue for Lao layout engine and Lao font developers.
> 2. Does anyone have contact information to the MS, Apple people and John
> Hudson?
I'm here, as is Peter Constable from MS, who would be the correct person to contact there.
I'm not sure who would be responsible at Apple, but John Jenkins from their font group is
here.
What I can do is help ensure that Microsoft and other layout engine folk understand your
request (I'm sure Peter gets it already), and spread the word on some OpenType developer
forums to advise Lao and Thai font makers how to handle this. But in order provide such
advice we first need to determine what character codes should be used to encode the
alternative bases for Lao and Thai marks.
This reminds me that I also have a request for similar alternative bases to be added to
Hebrew layout engines.
John Hudson
-- Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Gulf Islands, BC tiro@tiro.com We say our understanding measures how things are, and likewise our perception, since that is how we find our way around, but in fact these do not measure. They are measured. -- Aristotle, Metaphysics
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