Re: [css3-writing-modes] A report from a meeting w/Japanese publishing group

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:57 AM, koba <koba@antenna.co.jp> wrote:

>
> > 3. The writing modes module addresses this with styles to determine glyph
> > orientation
>
> This is difficult question. CSS writing mode can solve the issue only
> partially.  For example, it can specify to rotate, but can not specify to
> change (replace)  the shape of glyph.
>

CSS3 fonts, via font-feature-settings property, can handle this in part,
albeit only in a font dependent manner. Since it is unlikely that CSS
itself would ever directly support the full functionality of the OpenType
'GSUB' or TrueType 'mort'/'morx' tables, it is unlikely that a CSS-only
solution will be feasible.

Received on Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:15:12 UTC