Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> On 12 Jul 2022, at 22:46, Karl Berry wrote: > > Jonathan or Arthur or anyone can correct me, but so far as I have > observed, no one has been working on such new xetex developments for > years now. > > If there is anyone out there with sufficient time, interest, and skill, > a volunteer would

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> On 13 Jul 2022, at 19:05, Bruno Voisin wrote: > > Overleaf has a very nice technical article on TeX's support of emojis > > https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Articles/An_overview_of_technologies_supporting_the_use_of_colour_emoji_fonts_in_LaTeX > > discussing in detail why XeTeX doesn't su

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

On 13/07/2022 18:05, Bruno Voisin via XeTeX wrote: If anybody wishes to take on that task, here's another possible item for the todo list: the support of colour emoji fonts. I have not tried with other emoji fonts, but Apple's font (Apple Color Emoji.ttc in macOS) is supported by LuaHBTeX in

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> May I /very/ respectfully suggest that while support for colour emoji > fonts may well be of interest to some, it would be more in the spirit > of TeX to invest that effort into attempting to support the technology > that underlies Zapfino Ink > .

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

>> May I /very/ respectfully suggest that while support for colour >> emoji fonts may well be of interest to some, it would be more in >> the spirit of TeX to invest that effort into attempting to support >> the technology that underlies Zapfino Ink >>

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

Thank you for both responses, Werner — most informative and much appreciated. -- /Philip Taylor/