Hi all, I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features. I wondering, is OpenType support considered more or less done, and thus I might be encuntring some bugs, or there still some work to be done in this aspect and I shouldn't bother you with bug reports. (I'm using 0.25.3-2008041821 with ConTeXt) Thanks, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team
Hi Khaled, Khaled Hosny wrote:
Hi all,
I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features.
There is quite a lot of Arabic OpenType support in context mkiv already (but it is not quite finished). It would help to know what fonts you are using and how you defined the font features. See also the arabic chapter (XIII) in mk.pdf: http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mk.pdf Best wishes, Taco
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 05:37:10PM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hi Khaled,
Khaled Hosny wrote:
Hi all,
I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features.
There is quite a lot of Arabic OpenType support in context mkiv already (but it is not quite finished). It would help to know what fonts you are using and how you defined the font features.
I'm using a font that I'm developed myself (not finished yet), the tex file is attached and the output and font can be found here http://khaled.djihed.com/context/, looks like chaining contextual substitution and mark to mark positioning aren't applied. I also tried "Nafees Nastaliq" font http://www.crulp.org/software/localization/Fonts/nafeesNastaleeq.html with also broken result.
See also the arabic chapter (XIII) in mk.pdf:
I was actually testing the fonts under its guidance :) Thanks, Khaled
Best wishes, Taco
-- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team
Khaled Hosny wrote:
Hi all,
I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features. I wondering, is OpenType support considered more or less done, and thus I might be encuntring some bugs, or there still some work to be done in this aspect and I shouldn't bother you with bug reports.
(I'm using 0.25.3-2008041821 with ConTeXt)
see taco's answer best move this discussion to the context list since it's not related to the luatex app itself Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 05:49:11PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
Khaled Hosny wrote:
Hi all,
I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features. I wondering, is OpenType support considered more or less done, and thus I might be encuntring some bugs, or there still some work to be done in this aspect and I shouldn't bother you with bug reports.
(I'm using 0.25.3-2008041821 with ConTeXt)
see taco's answer
best move this discussion to the context list since it's not related to the luatex app itself
I'm not sure, but I think OpenType support discussed here is luatex specific. Thanks, Khaled
Hans
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-- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team
Hi Khaled,
On Wed, 07 May 2008 19:37:23 -0600, Khaled Hosny
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 05:49:11PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
Khaled Hosny wrote:
Hi all,
I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features. I wondering, is OpenType support considered more or less done, and thus I might be encuntring some bugs, or there still some work to be done in this aspect and I shouldn't bother you with bug reports.
(I'm using 0.25.3-2008041821 with ConTeXt)
see taco's answer
best move this discussion to the context list since it's not related to the luatex app itself
I'm not sure, but I think OpenType support discussed here is luatex specific.
No, the interface for opentype support is specific to the macro-package. So this is a context mkiv matter unless and until a luatex bug or missing feature is discovered that affects the mkiv ot support. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Khaled Hosny wrote:
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 05:49:11PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
Khaled Hosny wrote:
Hi all,
I've some Arabic fonts that use OpenType features extensively, I tested them with luaTeX but there are many broken features. I wondering, is OpenType support considered more or less done, and thus I might be encuntring some bugs, or there still some work to be done in this aspect and I shouldn't bother you with bug reports.
(I'm using 0.25.3-2008041821 with ConTeXt) see taco's answer
best move this discussion to the context list since it's not related to the luatex app itself
I'm not sure, but I think OpenType support discussed here is luatex specific.
no, luatex has no built in open type support; it loads data and then lua scripts do the rest; also, on the context list there are more arabic users (aso working on fonts) so it makes sense to share experiences there (it also saves taco an dme duplicate mails -) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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