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Re: [Groff] UTF-8/Unicode Implementation, Paragraph-at-once Formatting a


From: Ali Gholami Rudi
Subject: Re: [Groff] UTF-8/Unicode Implementation, Paragraph-at-once Formatting and Right to Left Text
Date: 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




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