[ESW Wiki] Update of "geoUnicodeConsiderationsWhenUpgrading" by Deborah Cawkwell

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http://esw.w3.org/topic/geoUnicodeConsiderationsWhenUpgrading


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complex scripts

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  ==== Rendering software ====
  
- Multilingual text rendering engines are built into operating system and browser installation. This is typically needed for 'complex scripts' such as Hindi, Urdu, Persian, ie languages which have characters that change appearance based on their context.
+ Multilingual text rendering engines are built into operating system and browser installation. This is typically needed for '[complex scripts ACTION DC edit multilingual text rendering engines: add Arabic & link to RI additional info on this - http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/tutorial/all.html#Slide0430]' such as Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, ie languages which have characters that change appearance based on their context.
  
     * Windows: Uniscribe
     * Macintosh: Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging, which replaced the WorldScript engine for legacy encodings.

Received on Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:51:14 UTC