28 Jul
2008
28 Jul
'08
3:48 p.m.
Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hi Hans,
why was 'script=latn' removed from the three predefined fontfeatures default, oldstyle and smallcaps.
A lot of fonts (free and commercial) need these features to enable kerning, ligatures and other features.
The most important reason was that an explicit default like script=latn will block any and all features in the font that depend on the default script, and whether that is latn or cyrl or arab etc. depends on the font. Phrased in another way: script=latn discriminates against other scripts and fonts. We are still searching for a better (=as automatic as possible) solution. Best wishes, Taco & Hans