May be if you actually read what is posted on the list :) On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 07:29:13AM +0100, Youcef Mohammed wrote: > any news??? > > 2012/6/29, Jonathan Kew <jfkth...@googlemail.com>: > > On 28/6/12 20:52, Adam Twardoch (List) wrote: > >> Youcef is right: > >> AFIR, XeTeX supports three layout engines: > >> * ICU Layout, cross platform, working with OT Layout tables in SFNT fonts > >> * Graphite, cross-platform, working with Graphite tables in SFNT fonts > >> * ATT, Mac OS X only, working with OT Layout tables and AAT tables in SFNT > >> fonts. > >> > >> I don't remember whether XeTeX in addition also supports Uniscribe on > >> Windows. > >> > >> Given the fact that XeTeX is already set up to handle multiple layout > >> engines, it would be relatively easy to add support for more -- especially > >> to add support for Harfbuzz. I would applaud if anyone volunteered to do > >> that (Harfbuzz has sample code that shows you how). It'd be particularly > >> neat since Harfbuzz itself also supports several backends, in particular > >> it supports Uniscribe on Windows. So if XeTeX does not currently support > >> Uniscribe, adding Harfbuzz support would also cheaply add Uniscribe > >> support. Harfbuzz also has Graphite2 support so the old direct Graphite > >> support in XeTeX could be replaced or complemented with > >> Harfbuzz+Graphite2. > >> > >> XeTeX would be seriously improved if Harfbuzz support were added. > >> > > > > Yes, that'd be a great step forward, now that the harfbuzz API is (I > > think) reasonably stable. I'd love to see it to completely replace the > > use of ICU layout eventually, but it's not quite ready for that yet. > > > > JK > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
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