Re: [Freefont-bugs] Combining Diacritical Marks (CDMs)

[Josef W. Segur]

On 2 Oct 03, at 23:01, Primoz wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Josef W. Segur wrote:
> 
> > This Unicode range (U+0300 - U+036F) contains non-spacing marks
> > meant to be combined with almost any base character to add a
> > needed accent or other modification.
> > After the base character is drawn, the reference point is moved
> > by the width of the character. This implies that the outline of
> > a non-spacing mark should have negative horizontal values in
> > order to be combined with the base character. The "non-spacing"
> > also implies zero advance width for the mark so it does not move
> > the reference point.
> 
> I have finally took the time to do this long overdue task. Please check.
> 
> With kind regards,
> Primoz Peterlin

Something seems to have slipped. The Oct. 3 versions of the fonts do
not have the change, and the sfd tarball contains the sfd files from
last May.

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                                                 Joe