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

[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 Twardoch (List) wrote:
> 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 <maxwell at umiacs.umd.edu> 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 broken though, but it uses an
> >> OpenType GDEF feature not supported by LuaTeX's font loader, so this is
> >> expected and not even Arabic specific).
> > 
> > I'm interested in this.  We have used Nafees Nastaleeq v1.2 (IIRC), and plan to use it for Punjabi written in Shahmukhi.  While this font works reasonably well in XeTeX, there were a couple things we were bothered by.  But it's been awhile since we last used it, and we're not experts in this style of Arabic script, so I can't remember the problems, nor would I be confident enough to say much about them anyway.
> > 
> > Have you written up your work on Nastaliq?
> > -- 
> >    Mike Maxwell
> >    maxwell at umiacs.umd.edu
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