- From: John Hudson <tiro@tiro.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:46:28 -0700
- To: John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>
- CC: Jonathan Kew <jonathan@jfkew.plus.com>, www-font <www-font@w3.org>, Bram Pitoyo <brampitoyo@gmail.com>, "Levantovsky, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Levantovsky@MonotypeImaging.com>
John Daggett wrote: > I think what you mean here is that the in OpenType Layout the > knowledge of how to do standard text shaping is embedded in the layout > engine, not in the font data itself, as is the case with AAT or > Graphite. My guess is AAT and Graphite layout engines are quite > intelligent. ;) Yes, that is what I meant. I suppose state engines are intelligent in a sense, but they don't carry knowledge. >> I'm guessing that layout engines encountering unregistered features, >> if they do anything with them at all, will process them after >> registered features, but to my knowledge there is no standard >> protocol regarding this. > Is this something that we should ask the OpenType folks to clarify in > a future spec revision? Including this in a CSS spec doesn't feel > right although it would be expedient. Yes, I think the OT/OFF specs or related documentation would would be the place for this. [Adding Vlad, in his role as OFF chair.] JH
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