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Re: diacritic marks for Latin alphabet (Re: supporting XIM)

Edward Cherlin wrote:

On Monday 31 March 2003 10:05 pm, Jungshik Shin wrote:


Let's try some more.
á̀ế̀̀î́̀ổ́̀̀û̀̀n̂́̀x̂̉́̀̀



I'm pleased that the accents are still there after four levels of replies.


 That's because all three of us (Gaspar, you and I) do what we preach,
namely, using UTF-8 in our everyday computing :-)

Not too bad, except that only the first three accents on
each letter are actually displayed, and the dot on the i
isn't removed.


Hmm, I can see only two diacritics in Kwrite with Code2000



Yes, I get only two visible diacriticswith Code2000.

I think Code2000 has some (maybe not so
comprehensive) ot layout tables for Latin letters. I'm copying
this to its author, James Kass.

font. I found that you appended as many as five of them to
each character in your sample. What font did you use?
Nonetheless, it's a pleasant surprise that Kwrite does more
than simple overstriking.



kwrite 4.0
kde 3.0.3
Arial Unicode MS (licensed copy) shows 3 diacritics


Can you check your font with VOLT (www.microsoft.com/typography)
as to whether it has OT layout tables for Latin letters?  You need
to apply to join the OT developer group to get a copy.
It seems to be the only tool available for  editing OT layout
table.  I hope pfaedit will offer the feature, soon.


kmail 1.4.3
Courier [Adobe]
3 diacritics displayed



   Courier?  Hmm.  How about 'Courier' in kwrite?
So, are multiple diacritics stacked over each other taking *disjoint*
spaces instead of overlapping one another at the same spot?

 Anyway, now I'm wondering what Qt/KDE use for rendering.
Does it use pango(it couldn't be because Pango
doesn't support OT layout table for Latin, yet although
simple overstriking is supported) or has their own complex script rendering
library?

Jungshik


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