August 25, 2020
Following up on our investigation of Khmer syllable validation, we looked at Devanagari, hoping for a better result, but no: The Unicode Standard and the OpenType documentation don’t agree on the definition of a valid Devanagari cluster, and Devanagari cluster validation in OpenType shaping engines and in fonts produces inconsistent results. ➜
November 17, 2019
Support for Brahmic scripts in OpenType font renderers can vary, not only between operating systems, but also between browsers and applications. ➜
August 22, 2019
In this introduction to a series of articles on creating fonts for Brahmic scripts, we look at the features of Brahmic scripts that present some challenges in font development. ➜
January 13, 2019
The Unicode Standard and the OpenType documentation don’t agree on the definition of a valid Khmer syllable, and Khmer syllable validation in OpenType shaping engines and in fonts produces inconsistent results. ➜