Khmer OpenType specification

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Khmer OpenType Specification

Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Khmer script
This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for Khmer script languages covered by Unicode 3.1. 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 Khmer fonts. Registered features of Khmer scripts are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Khmer layout tables for OpenType fonts.
This document also presents information about the Khmer 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 Khmer 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 Khmer shaping engine works
Features for the Khmer 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.
© 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.

Khmer OpenType Specification

Microsoft Typography | Developer information | Specifications | OpenType font development



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

	Khmer OpenType Specification



		Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Khmer script This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for Khmer script languages covered by Unicode 3.1. 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 Khmer fonts. Registered features of Khmer scripts are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Khmer layout tables for OpenType fonts. This document also presents information about the Khmer 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 Khmer 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 Khmer shaping engine works Features for the Khmer 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. © 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.


	Khmer OpenType Specification

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