[XeTeX] strande behavior of Linux Libertine fonts with optio Fractions=On

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Sun Jan 16 22:33:21 CET 2011


On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:04:33AM +0300, Alexey Kryukov wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:09:40 -0600 (CST)
> mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> 
> > I'd been hoping for the source code as such - i.e. the *.fea files.
> > Looking at the substitution tables after they're compiled into the
> > *.otf files can be difficult with a complicated feature like
> > arbitrary-length fractions; the table format isn't designed to be
> > human-readable.
> 
> Note that OT layouts aren't always generated from Adobe's feature
> files: *.fea is just one of possible human-readable formats. FontForge
> and MS Volt don't use this format, but instead provide a visual
> GUI for designing OT features, while Rogier van Dalen's OTComp
> utility uses an alternate feature description format.

However, LM fonts were done using feature files a AFDKO, but they don't
usually publish the feature files (for whatever the reason), but IIRC
they offer them upon request.

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer


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