Re: [indic] Re: Use of ZWJ to form Sinhala Conjuncts

From: Roozbeh Pournader (roozbeh@htpassport.com)
Date: Mon Aug 24 2009 - 14:22:18 CDT

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    On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 01:21 +1000, Harshula wrote:
    > There are 3 compliance levels for Sinhala fonts. Please refer to:
    > SLS 1134, Part 2 - Requirements and Methods of Test
    > (http://www.icta.lk/attachments/658_SLS%201134-Part2.pdf)
    >
    > The first is the most basic set of requirements for a font to be
    > considered compliant. Operating systems should, at a minimum, check that
    > a Sinhala font meets these requirements before using it.

    For the record, the last sentence (on operating systems requirement to
    check fonts before using them) appears to be the personal opinion of the
    commentator. The text of the SLS 1134 standards does not appear to
    require or suggest such a thing.

    Roozbeh



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