Re: [fontforge-users] Composite small caps

[Mauro S. <mau...@ic...>]

1) "If the script works well with the combining marks, you could copy 
all your spacing marks into their slots, then let the script do the work 
(after you have adjusted their horizontal positioning...)."

I'm sorry, but I still don't understand.

I have ALL the modifiers (uni02b9-uni20ff) and ALL the combining marks 
(uni0300-uni0362) properly placed in their slots.

In PUA, I added some .cap diacritics so that the acute, grave, and 
circumflex accents are slightly wider and less slanted above the capital 
letters, and so on.

With the anchors and the corresponding "mark" lookups in GPOS, I 
position everything appropriately and indeed quickly obtain the compound 
glyphs.

The problem persists only with the usual three .cap marks (grave, acute, 
and macron): an anomaly because everything else works, and in these 
three cases, and only in these three, it doesn't. Don't you think it 
could be a FF bug? Because otherwise, in my opinion, this inconsistent 
behavior cannot be explained.


2. I don't understand what you mean by saying that apps use composite 
glyphs less and less. In languages ​​like Italian and French, words with 
grave and acute accents are constantly used, while in German, they use 
the umlaut; certainly, not in English... Not to mention Ancient Greek 
(polytonic), which has a plethora of breathings and accents.





Il 24/08/26 15:14, Gé van Gasteren ha scritto:
> Sorry, I didn’t make myself clear. I’ll try again:
>
> 1. This – I think – might be a solution for the difficulties you’re 
> facing right now:
> If the script works well with the combining marks, you could copy all 
> your spacing marks into their slots, then let the script do the work 
> (after you have adjusted their horizontal positioning…).
>
> 2. This is a separate rambling about the use of fonts:
> I’m wondering if it’s worth-while to put much attention on composite 
> glyphs, when applications are using them less and less.
> Maybe Thales Martins can shed more light on this matter?
>
>
>
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