Telugu OpenType specification

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Telugu OpenType Specification

Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Telugu script
This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for the Telugu script covered by the Unicode Standard 3.1.
The Telugu script is used the write the Telugu language of Andhra Pradesh, India as well as minority languages Gondi and Lambadi. 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 Telugu fonts. Registered features of the Telugu script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Telugu layout tables for OpenType fonts.
This document also presents information about the Telugu 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 Telugu 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 Telugu shaping engine works
Features for the Telugu 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 21 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.

Telugu OpenType Specification

Microsoft Typography | Developer information | Specifications | OpenType font development



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

	Telugu OpenType Specification



		Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Telugu script This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for the Telugu script covered by the Unicode Standard 3.1. The Telugu script is used the write the Telugu language of Andhra Pradesh, India as well as minority languages Gondi and Lambadi. 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 Telugu fonts. Registered features of the Telugu script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Telugu layout tables for OpenType fonts. This document also presents information about the Telugu 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 Telugu 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 Telugu shaping engine works Features for the Telugu 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 21 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.


	Telugu OpenType Specification

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