Re: [sinhala-technical] Unicode font seize
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From: Harshula <har...@gm...> - 2008-01-29 15:34:18
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Hi Anura, On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 15:59 +0530, an...@la... wrote: > Hi Harshula, > Yes, I remember the font on Linux, but there was a problem (which you were > planning to fix) with the Linux rendering not supporting the GPOS, as > Dinamina uses GPOS extensively to position the 'pili' - diacritics, > accents etc. Actually, if you recall, the problem was specifically with kombuva haa diga aela-pilla with Dinamina. The positioning of the al-lakuna on the aela-pilla was incorrect. I've attached a screenshot of Dinamina in Open Office. Since Dinamina uses GPOS extensively and the problem is only with Dinamina's kombuva haa diga aela-pilla I suspect it is some strange font, GPOS, aela-pilla, al-lakuna interaction. I'd have to spend a fair bit of time learning about OpenType/GPOS before I could pinpoint the problem. Now, if the licensing of Dinamina was more appropriate for GNU/Linux distros, I'm sure finding the problem would increase in priority. > I would also like to know more about Copyleft Licence, if it fits our > (Lake House) requirements. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/ cya, # |