Re: Composing Hebrew diacriticals

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, Yair F <address@hidden> writes:

>>> But MS fonts are ttf, and they doesn't compose either.
>>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf: TrueType font data
> >
> > I tried that font too. =A0That font doesn't have OpenType
> > tables for hebrew script.
> >
> > % fc-list arial family capability
> > Arial
> > Arial:capability=3Dotlayout\:arab
> >
> > But, the function hebrew-shape-gstring has workaround code
> > for such fonts, and in my environment, hebrew diacriticals
> > are surely composed (although the positioning is not
> > optimal).

> I would say that the positioning is not sufficient See attached of same fil=
> e.

Comparing images of different font of unfamiliar (for me)
script is very difficult.  Please tell me exactly what
character sequence requires more than positioning, and show
me images of only that sequence.

Anyway, for fonts that don't have OpenType tables for Hebrew
script, we can do nothing other than artificially adjusting
glyph position.  Have you seen any other application
rendering Hebrew well with that Arial font?

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Kenichi Handa
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