[Cuis-dev] Updates to TrueType: UTF-8 text display

[Hernan Wilkinson]

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 7:33 PM Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> The subject says it all. I've been working on TrueType support in Cuis,
> and if you pull the repo and install all updates, you can try:
>
> Preferences disable: #loadOnlyLatinGlyphData.
> FontFamily readAdditionalTrueTypeFonts.
> BitBltCanvas exampleAll.
>
> Yes. You _must_ try it. And note how quickly #exampleAll runs the second
> time you run it!
>
> This is still far from usable unicode all over the system, but text
> display is actually the hardest part. Note that this doesn't include
> right-to-left text, ligatures, kerning pairs, and I guess many other
> subtle details. Also, it is not integrated with Ken's great UniCodes
> package. There is a lot of fun and work to be had!
>
> Oh, I also had to tweak several packages: UniCodes, Erudite and
> StyledTextEditor. Mariano and Ken, please pull & merge as required.
>
> I hope to keep advancing VectorGraphics, to the point where it can
> replace BitBlt if desired.
>
> Play with it, take a look at the code, have fun. Any feedback is welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
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