Gurmukhi OpenType specification

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Gurmukhi OpenType Specification

Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Gurmukhi script
This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for the Gurmukhi script covered by the Unicode Standard 3.1. Gurmukhi is closely related to Devanagari and is used to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab in India. Font developers will learn how to encode complex script features in their fonts, choose character sets, organize font information, and use existing tools to produce Gurmukhi fonts. Registered features of the Gurmukhi script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Gurmukhi layout tables for OpenType fonts.
This document also presents information about the Gurmukhi OpenType shaping engine of Uniscribe, an operating system component responsible for text layout.
In addition to being a primer and specification for the creation and support of Gurmukhi fonts, this document is intended to more broadly illustrate the OpenType Layout architecture, feature schemes, and operating system support for shaping and positioning text.

Contents

Terms
How the Gurmukhi shaping engine works
Features for the Gurmukhi script
Other encoding issues
Appendix

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Companies, names, and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation.
this page was last updated 20 March 2002
© 2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Microsoft, MS, Windows, NT, MS Word and OpenType are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

Gurmukhi OpenType Specification

Microsoft Typography | Developer information | Specifications | OpenType font development



	Microsoft Typography \| Developer information \| Specifications \| OpenType font development

	Gurmukhi OpenType Specification



		Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Gurmukhi script This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for the Gurmukhi script covered by the Unicode Standard 3.1. Gurmukhi is closely related to Devanagari and is used to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab in India. Font developers will learn how to encode complex script features in their fonts, choose character sets, organize font information, and use existing tools to produce Gurmukhi fonts. Registered features of the Gurmukhi script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Gurmukhi layout tables for OpenType fonts. This document also presents information about the Gurmukhi OpenType shaping engine of Uniscribe, an operating system component responsible for text layout. In addition to being a primer and specification for the creation and support of Gurmukhi fonts, this document is intended to more broadly illustrate the OpenType Layout architecture, feature schemes, and operating system support for shaping and positioning text. Contents Terms How the Gurmukhi shaping engine works Features for the Gurmukhi script Other encoding issues Appendix Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Companies, names, and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. this page was last updated 20 March 2002 © 2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, MS, Windows, NT, MS Word and OpenType are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.


	Gurmukhi OpenType Specification

	Microsoft Typography \| Developer information \| Specifications \| OpenType font development