[Cuis-dev] Font shaping examples

[Juan Vuletich]

On 7/11/2024 2:19 PM, Christian Haider via Cuis-dev wrote:
>
> Sorry, but I was sure that I wrote something about the implementation, 
> But maybe I was dreaming or I will find it some day.
>
> The 2 attached PDFs show a variety of glyph substitution situations.
>
> Modern OpenType fonts have many interesting glyph varieties and good 
> substitution rules. Once a simple shaper only doing substitutions 
> (positioning would be the next important step) is in place, all these 
> Font options can be used at virtually no cost, since the data 
> structures are well optimized for fast access.
>
> A nice feature for a modern text utilizing system -- a must for 
> professional typesetting. But, as Berhard said yesterday, this is not 
> an urgent or important topic for Cuis at this time.
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> Christian
>

Nice. I assume all that requires OpenType fonts, right?

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