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Re: [Groff] UTF-8/Unicode Implementation, Paragraph-at-once Formatting a
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Ali Gholami Rudi |
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Re: [Groff] UTF-8/Unicode Implementation, Paragraph-at-once Formatting and Right to Left Text |
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:35:10 +0430 |
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Hello Steffen,
Steffen Nurpmeso <address@hidden> wrote:
> |I recently modified neatroff to support many of the advanced font
> |features present in OpenType fonts. Neatmkfn (the program which
> |generates neatroff font descriptors, like Groff's afmtodit) can now
> |generate lines that define substitution and positioning rules, and
> |cursive attachments for OpenType fonts (lines starting with gsub,
> |gpos, and gcur respectively). Note that unlike Heirloom troff, which
> |implements only pairwise kerning and single-character substitutions
> |insensitive of the context, neatroff implements many of the OpenType
> |substitution and positioning features.
>
> I've looked at your page back then and forgot to say that *you* do
> it the right way, so let me say it today.
> And even your own toolchain, that is *so* right!
> It will be interesting to see those circles grow over time, and
> it's all yours, thoughts and work!
> Happy hacking Ali,
Thanks for you kind comments.
Ali