Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
Peter Dyballa wrote:
Right! Make character \n active and \define it as character \n from
font \Cher.
Yes, that is the right approach, but implementing it successfully
requires use of \uccode & \uppercase, or \lccode and \lowercase,
and the \uppercase/lowercase primitives are, in general, very
poorly understood.
But just in case Michael is not deterred by that fact, here is the
same thing implemented using \uccode, \uppercase and active characters :
\documentclass {minimal}
\usepackage {fontspec}
\setmainfont {Comic Sans MS}
\newfontfamily \Cherokeefont {Code2000}
\newcount \n
\def \loopbody {}
\def \TreatCherokeeCharactersSpecially
{\n = "13A0
\loop
\uccode `\~ = \n \relax
\catcode \n = \active
\uppercase {\edef ~{{\noexpand \Cherokeefont \char
\number \n \relax}}}
\ifnum \n < "13FF
\advance \n by 1 \relax
\repeat
}
\begin {document}
The Cherokee alphabet is a Syllabary.
ᏌᏊ: Sah-Gwoo (the "g" here is a bit hard, more like a "k", but not that
hard)
ᏍᎪᎯ: Skoh-Hee (the "k" here is a bit soft, more like a "g", but not
that soft)
\TreatCherokeeCharactersSpecially
The Cherokee alphabet is a Syllabary.
ᏌᏊ: Sah-Gwoo (the "g" here is a bit hard, more like a "k", but not that
hard)
ᏍᎪᎯ: Skoh-Hee (the "k" here is a bit soft, more like a "g", but not
that soft)
\end {document}
** Phil.
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