On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 12:54:41PM +0400, Vadim Radionov wrote: > Dear list members, > > I'm working on a Khmer dictionary (lacking any knowledge of the script and > language) and there are some problems with compound characters. > > For example: > > \documentclass{book} > \usepackage{polyglossia} > \newfontface\khmerfont[Script=Khmer]{Khmer OS System} > \begin{document} > \khmerfont មហាសង្រ្កាន្ត > \end{document} > > The second to last group is displayed correctly in my browser and in Emacs > (which uses, as far as i can see, the mentioned font), but after processing > it with xelatex it splits into several components.
That is a bug in the layout engine used by the current (old) version of XeTeX, it is fixed in the most recent version to be released with TeXLive 2013. Regards, Khaled
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