Re: Add usage of OpenType font feature to the documents (issue 328140043 by address@hidden)

[tisimst . lilypond]

On 2017/07/31 16:58:40, lemzwerg wrote:
> In general, Pango is agnostic of the features themselves, AFAIK.  It
simply
> forwards the selected stuff to the font in question.

If Pango really is agnostic of the features, that is really exciting and
a bit mysterious ;-).

> However, the user has first to look up what the font he or she wants
to use
> actually supports, but this is not lilypond's job.

Oh, I get that. Perhaps a note should be added, though, to mention that
if the user requests a feature that doesn't exist in the chosen font,
then the feature is simply ignored.

> What could be added, though, is a link to such a font inspection tool
that
> reports the font's OpenType capabilities (i.e., supported scripts,
languages,
> features).

Sounds good to me! Is there a web-based tool that can do this? That'd
eliminate the need to install another app just to inspect a font's
features. I use FontForge all the time, so I understand how to do it,
but a "normal" user probably won't have a font editor.



https://codereview.appspot.com/328140043/