[Freebangfont-devel] Fwd: RE: [OpenType] below base form in bangla

[Dr Anirban Mitra]

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From: "Paul Nelson \(TYPOGRAPHY\)" <address@hidden>
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Subject: RE: [OpenType]  below base form in bangla
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> This is an interesting observation. With the redesign of the Indic
> shaping engine we will be able to change behaviors. The MA, NA and LA
> don't seem to always take the below form and therefore any change would
> require contextual substitution. Unfortunately, this did not work with
> the existing design of the Indic shaping engine in Uniscribe.
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> Once we have completed our shaping engine redesign we will be updating
> our specifications for OpenType fonts. To be realistic this will take
> some months to complete.
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> As per opentype spec for Bengali by Microsoft, only RA BA has below-base
> form. But traditionally other consonants like NA MA LA also have such
> forms which needs coding. Anirban Mitra 
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