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Re: Proposal for the Basis of a CodepointExtensiontoUnicodeforthe Encoding of the Quranic Manuscripts
- To: "General Arabization Discussion" <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Proposal for the Basis of a CodepointExtensiontoUnicodeforthe Encoding of the Quranic Manuscripts
- From: "Thomas Milo" <t dot milo at chello dot nl>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:59:03 +0200
>>> This is a serious concern. The best solution would be a dedicated
>>> effort by the open source community to build a new OT parser, so
>>> that you can deal with problems without red tape.
>>
>> Actually it seems that the Gnome community has already built an
>> OpenType parser and a rendering engine that supports some advanced
>> typographic features. It even has this auto-hinting feature that
>> even Uniscribe doesn't have. Meor could tell us more.
OK, that's a relieve. Because as I need to keep my technologies for my own
use for a while, it is a bit embarrasing that I would deny others access to
essential technology.
t