From: C J Fynn (cfynn@gmx.net)
Date: Sun Mar 28 2004 - 16:42:14 EST
"John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com> wrote:
> jameskass@att.net wrote:
> > So, if the question is how to make an OpenType font *not* display the
dotted
> > circle on Windows with Uniscribe, one idea would be to add a spacing glyph
to
> > U+25CC (DOTTED CIRCLE) in the font. This spacing glyph should be a
no-contour
> > glyph, perhaps with the same advance width as U+0020. I've not tried this,
> > but it might just work.
>
> It should work: Uniscribe inserts the U+25CC glyph that is in the font, so
this could be
> something other than an actual dotted circle. Another option would be to map
the dotted
> circle to a non-contour spacing glyph in one of the discretionary OpenType
Layout features
> such as <salt>, which would allow users of apps supporting that feature
(currently only
> InDesign ME, so far as I know) to choose whether or not to display the
circle.
>
> John Hudson
If someone wants this, isn't it possible to put a specific lookup in the font
so that any dependant vowel following a space character renders as a spacing
(stand-alone) dependant vowel? Surely a specific lookup should overide it being
displayed on a dotted circle by default.
- Chris
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