From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Mar 26 2004 - 04:49:14 EST
At 01:55 +0100 2004-03-26, Chris Jacobs wrote:
> > Avarangal scripsit:
> > > Can any one provide information on the sequences used for diplaying
> > > and printing dependent vowels as standalones.
> > The standards-conforming way to do so is to precede the dependent vowel
> > with a space character (U+0020).
>Yes.
>
>> If this sequence is not displayed correctly, complain to your software or
> > font vendor, but it should be.
>
>Here I disagree. A font does not have to support each and every combining
>sequence. If he needs fonts which support combining sequences starting with
>a space char he surely should look for those, but that is no reason to
>complain about those fonts that dont.
Someone makingg an Indic font should consider this particular concern.
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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