Unfinished

How to work on a script
 for which there is no implementation yet

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1. Unfinished How to work on a script
 for which there is no implementation yet
2. Resources
3. Scriptsource
4. Microsoft Typography
5. Microsoft Typography
6. Microsoft Typography
7. Microsoft Typography • Terminology
 character – glyph – cluster – conjunct – ligature … • Which OpenType features do you need? • What is the job of your OpenType features? 
 What can you expect from the shaping engine?
8. Adobe FDK
9. Adobe FDK
10. Adobe FDK • Syntax
 feature – lookup – class – markClass – sub – pos … • Terminology
 script ≠ language … • Be able to write feature code yourself,
 especially mark positioning code.
11. Unicode unicode.org and helper tools UnicodeChecker Ukelele
12. Unicode • Terminology
 – letter
 – spacing combining mark
 – nonspacing combining mark
 – decomposition • Which glyphs need encoding?
 Which glyphs should be accessed through a feature?
13. Prepare Glyphs
14. Glyph Data
15. Glyph Data
16. Glyph Data
17. Glyph Data <glyph
 unicode="E00A"
 name="harma-teng"
 sortName="teng011"
 category="Letter"
 script="tengwar"
 production="uniE00A"
 description="TENGWAR LETTER HARMA (AHA)"
 anchors="top, bottom, bottomleft"
 accents="dottripleabove-teng, dottriplebelow-teng,
 dotdblabove-teng, dotdblelow-teng, dotabove-teng,
 dotbelow-teng, acute-teng, acutebelow-teng,
 acutedbl-teng, acutedblbelow-teng, rightcurl-teng,
 rightcurlbelow-teng, leftcurl-teng, leftcurlbelow-teng,
 rightcurldbl-teng, leftcurldbl-teng, macron-teng,
 macronbelow-teng, tilde-teng, breve-teng, grave-teng,
 caron-teng, dottripleturnedabove-teng, thinnas-teng,
 sarince-teng"
 />
18. Glyph Data
19. Assemble your font
20. Write feature code
21. Write feature code include(bali.fea); delete GDEF and 
 let AFDKO make its own separate custom code to prevent accidental overwriting
22. Write feature code
23. What to tell us
24. Sample font file
25. Sample rendering Geh’ dorthin, dort ist ein kleines Haus, sau Kema laku, ditu ada gedōng cenik, bersih w kemlku,dituhdgeēdncenik eines Wortes Schreiben einzelner Worte wird als Abschlu iki etwa dem westlichen Komma. Es trennt i Haus, sauber und soeben fertiggestellt, ... k, bersih wa(w)u pragat, ...42 dncenik',bbsihwwuprgt',....
26. Glyph repertoire
27. OpenType features
28. What we can do
29. Default glyph set in UI
30. Default compositions
31. Automatic feature code
32. Samples
33. Questions? Fonts:
 Henriette (Typejockeys)
 Vesper Libre (Mota Italic)
 Moog Bali (Thomas Moog)
34. Thanks. Fonts:
 Henriette (Typejockeys)
 Vesper Libre (Mota Italic)
 Moog Bali (Thomas Moog)