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

[Edward Cherlin <cherlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 02 April 2003 01:46 am, Jungshik Shin wrote:
> 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 :-)

It got mangled this time. :(

> >>>>>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. 

Not right away. I'll be in Singapore and Malaysia next week on 
Simputer business.

> It seems to be the only tool
> available for  editing OT layout table.  I hope pfaedit will
> offer the feature, soon.

Me too.

> >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?

Yes, I see them stacked correctly, three high.

>   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

We must test some other font/app combinations. I can't do it 
until I get back, at least.
-- 
Edward Cherlin
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