Re: [office] Defining Alternative Glyphs

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote
on 07/07/2008 05:56:35 PM:

> Rob,
> 
> robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:
> >
> > This is a specific feature in OpenType called "Alternative
Glyphs" 
> > where a single font can contain alternative glyphs for the same
> > unicode character.
> >
> Yes, but that is the same point that I made from a different perspective.
> 

Then I think we are in agreement.

> With OpenType you have a font and hence a "default" glyph,
so specifying 
> an "alternative" glyph makes sense. But that presumes the
use of an 
> OpenType font which has that capability.
> 
> My point was that in the abstract there is no default glyph, only
the 
> Unicode character point. For more you either have to rely on font
> technology (thanks for the OpenType reminder) or the markup layer.
The 
> point being that the support does not reside in the Unicode encoding.
> 
> Hope you are having a great day!
> 
> Patrick


Right.  This is purely an OpenType font feature.


-Rob