Re: [XeTeX] Nastaliq [was: The future of XeTeX]

2012-08-02 Thread Adam Twardoch (List)
I didnot say it's Nastaleeq-specific, or exclusive to Nastaleeq. But Nastaleeq is possibly the most relevant script variant that heavily relies on cursive attachment in OpenType. Sent from my mobile phone. On 02.08.2012, at 10:53, Khaled Hosny wrote: > But that is not Nastaliq specific (Arab

Re: [XeTeX] Nastaliq [was: The future of XeTeX]

2012-08-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 10:28:57PM -0400, Mike Maxwell wrote: > On 8/1/2012 6:48 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote: > >I remember specifically testing some Nastaliq fonts and Hans fixing some > >small issues I found, I just tested again now and IranNastaliq seems to > >work (my fork of Nafees Nastaleeq is bro

Re: [XeTeX] Nastaliq [was: The future of XeTeX]

2012-08-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
But that is not Nastaliq specific (Arabic Typesetting uses cursive attachments extensively too, my Naskh font uses them occasionally as well). So, any sufficiently complex font will have issues with such engines, Nastaliq or not. Regards, Khaled On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 04:40:55AM +0200, Adam Twa

Re: [XeTeX] Nastaliq [was: The future of XeTeX]

2012-08-02 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2012/8/2 Keith J. Schultz : > Hi Again, > > I am now trying to grock LuaTeX otfload, that is ContTexts font loading > system. > >From what I have understood so far in order get things started is a > >GDEF-feature > and GPOS Lookup support in the font.loader and font-otf.lua. > > Do you know off h

Re: [XeTeX] Nastaliq [was: The future of XeTeX]

2012-08-02 Thread Keith J. Schultz
Hi Again, I am now trying to grock LuaTeX otfload, that is ContTexts font loading system. >From what I have understood so far in order get things started is a >GDEF-feature and GPOS Lookup support in the font.loader and font-otf.lua. Do you know off hand, if these features are already implemente

Re: [XeTeX] Nastaliq [was: The future of XeTeX]

2012-08-01 Thread Adam Twardoch (List)
Nastaliq OpenType fonts typically use the GPOS LookupType 3 (cursive attachment), which is not supported by some of the more simple-minded OpenType Layout engines. A. Sent from my mobile phone. On 02.08.2012, at 04:28, Mike Maxwell wrote: > On 8/1/2012 6:48 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote: >> I remem