Re: Conlang Unicode Font (was Re: Kamakawi Unicode Font Question)

David J. Peterson wrote:
> Dana wrote:
> <<
> Didn't we just have a thread about this not too long ago.  I know
> that my last e-mail to CUR has gone without notice.   I was only
> trying to register my Deini font.  I pretty much picked an unused
> range (ED00 to ED3F) and went with it.
>  >>
>
> Speaking of which, since I'm making a Kamakawi Unicode font,
> it might be generally useful to simply make a Conlang Unicode
> font--a single font that could be downloaded from FrathWiki,
> for example.  If I have the fonts, it's simple enough to create
> something like this.
>
> So, if anyone is interested:
>
> (1) You must have a script on the conlang registry (if it's not on
> there, since it's not being updated, just be sure to adhere to their
> guidelines, and don't pick a sequences that's been picked.  I'm
> taking F000 to who knows what [probably F200+]).
>
> (2) You have to have a font (recreating the characters myself
> would take too much time).
One difficulty with fonts (and the reason I haven't made many) is the
problem with ligatures, contextual variations, marks that need glyph
positioning tables, etc. I do have an OlaeUni font which follows the
CSUR submission (ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/hmiller/fonts/OLAEUNI_.TTF),
although there are a couple of issues with it that would need OpenType
features to implement, and OpenType doesn't work with Private Use
scripts. Neesklaaz requires complex script processing, even beyond what
OpenType tables provide, so my Neesklaaz font only works with SIL Graphite.

I also have Mizarian and Zirinka fonts, which I can send you, although
Zirinka has been expanded with diacritics not registered in CSUR, and
most of my Zireen languages these days use Vlika or related scripts.

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