Re: Rendering of Svg Font

The following font rendering rules for Malayalam (Indic language) are 
handled by operating system itself in the case of normal fonts.
eg:-

  1.. Malayalam letter KA (0D15) + Malayalam Vowel sign E (0D46) has to be 
rendered as Malayalam Vowel sign E (0D46) + Malayalam letter KA (0D15)


  2.. Malayalam letter KA (0D15) + Malayalam Vowel sign O (0D4A) has to be 
rendered as Malayalam Vowel sign E (0D46) + Malayalam letter KA (0D15)+ 
Malayalam Vowel sign AA (0D46) etc..
But in the case of SVG document even if the glyph set are provided it is not 
rendering properly (i.e displayed in the order in which the text is 
provided).Is it because of lack of support of browser/OS/plugin? We can make 
the text render by changing the order in the text.But it is not the correct 
method as Chris Lilley point out.Can any one tell any  method for mentioning 
it in SVG Font file itself?

With regards
Jose Stephen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Lilley" <chris@w3.org>
To: "Paul Nelson (ATC)" <paulnel@winse.microsoft.com>
Cc: "Jose" <jose_stephen@cdactvm.in>; <www-style@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: Rendering of Svg Font


>
> On Monday, November 6, 2006, 11:02:01 PM, Paul wrote:
>
> PNA> There needs to be a higher level protocol to shape and position 
> glyphs
>
> Yes
>
> PNA> before things are sent to SVG.
>
> No. You don't "send glyphs" to SVG. You send characters to SVG. As you
> correctly note, shaping and positioning takes place at the glyph level.
>
> PNA>  Complex script languages cannot be
> PNA> handled by simply sending Unicode strings of characters.
>
> Now, if you had said "simply sending lists of glyphs" that would be 
> correct.
>
>
> -- 
> Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
> Interaction Domain Leader
> Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
> W3C Graphics Activity Lead
> Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
> 



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