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Hangul fonts need ZWJ, ZWNJ, and ZWSP #147

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
From the Microsoft Hangul scripts spec, it appears that Hangul fonts may need 
to have characters for ZWJ, ZWNJ, and ZWSP in order to work properly with 
Microsoft text engines. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/OpenTypeDev/hangul/intro.htm#comb

Original issue reported on code.google.com by roozbeh@google.com on 11 Sep 2014 at 4:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
That was written in 2003, which predates KS X 1026-1:2007, which is apparently 
the guide to follow for combining hangul, and which makes no mention of U+200B 
through U+200D.

Original comment by ken.lu...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2014 at 12:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Further evidence is that Microsoft's own fonts that support combing hangul, the 
Malgun family, does not include mappings for U+200B through U+200D. in their 
'cmap' tables. I suggest that this be closed as invalid.

Original comment by ken.lu...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2014 at 3:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I got confirmation from some Microsoft folks that the characters don't have any 
special behavior in their shaper.

Original comment by roozbeh@google.com on 12 Sep 2014 at 12:37