Peter Constable @[email protected]

@adraffy @unicode New scripts are not automatically added to TR31; there needs to be a proposal providing evidence why they should be included. See unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2R….

@unicode Gara/Gukh/Krai/Onao/Sunu/Todr/Tutg are not included in TR31

✨🎉✨ Unicode Version 16.0 has been released! ✨🧨✨ Bringing the total number of characters to 154,998! ✨🍾✨ Find more information here → unicode.org/versions/Unico… #Unicode16

@fomodata @unicode Unicode 17.0 is likely to come in September 2025, but UTC has not yet set a schedule.

@unicode when will unicode 17.0 snapshot

The next version of the #Unicode Standard, Version 16.0 with just under 155,000 characters, will be released very soon → unicode.org/versions/Unico… #Unicode16

@Rohith32904648 @unicode Last discussed at UTC #179. See unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetL2R…

@unicode What happened to Tulu script proposal submitted by Karnataka Tulu sahitya academy. Any update on this proposal

Among the 5,185 new characters in Unicode Version 16.0 are those for the newly-supported #Garay, #GurungKhema, #KiratRai, #OlOnal, #Sunuwar, #Todhri, and #TuluTigalari scripts → unicode.org/versions/Unico… #Unicode16

@ManishEarth If cognates can spread over 2000+ years and also across entirely different linguistic phyla and still be recognizable cognates, it doesn't seem unreasonable to suppose that continuous development in a single-language line could retain recognizable reflexes.

yeah i found this rather jarring when I watched the first movie, since in a movie set in the far future one modern language and multiple conlangs doesn't break suspension of disbelief (the modern language is an affordance for the viewer), but two doesn't feel that way

@zenodotus I can't tell what post started this or what the text issue is.

.@pgconstable

Johnny Iselin. That’s who she reminds me of.

@behdadesfahbod @arastuq I'll try to find relevant people to pass this on to

@arastuq I'm stumbled across that bug as well. Let's see if @pgconstable knows anyone...

In Persian, there are many words that need ZWNJ characters, but @skype removes these characters after they have been sent. This results in the meaning of the word being changed or rendered meaningless as a result. Would it be possible for you to fix this problem?

@simoncozens @adamtwar Nothing prevents OT language system tags from making a language + region distinction or even just a region distinction.

@pgconstable The “dlng” record of the OT “meta” table uses BCP47. For mixed-script fonts where there is a primary _script_ used for many langs, would you say that the entry “und-Arab” etc. would be appropriate? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typograp…

@adamtwar @lianghai @simoncozens Which is exactly why OT ScriptLangTag is not exactly like BCP 47—and the only real difference (they are much closer than your earlier tweet implies)

@lianghai @pgconstable Oh yeah, you’re right, I misread that. So dlng “Latn” is kind of equivalent to BCP “mul-Latn”, I guess. Thanks! :)

@jensimmons I don’t hang out a lot in the css world so don’t know all the experts there, but from what I see on the type side +11 for Jason Pamental: he does great implementation, deep knowledge on both sides, and great teacher.

I should explain: I who are your favorite experts who have a deep understanding of the CSS that is used to create great typography, *plus* an in-depth understanding of typography itself — typesetting & graphic design, historically, internationally. Who teach, write about it…

Who are your favorite experts in CSS + typography?

@KhaledGhetas But why use GDI? DWrite can certainly provide what you want.

@KhaledGhetas I don't think so, but just in case you could try, in your EnumFontFamExProc, casting the LOGFONT at lpelfe to ENUMLOGFONTEXDV. (I think I tried once and it didn't work.) learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous…

GDI exposes named font instances as regular fonts for font variations-unaware applications using the legacy GDI API. Is there a way to get the variation settings from such a legacy API font to e.g. pass it to HarfBuzz when shaping?

Nice info about COLRv1. I love they've picked up on this:

@mass_driver_tm I’m curious why “Polychrome”?

@abrax5 I think you were asking about fonts like this

@bram_stein @simoncozens Hmmm… Do for compositing modes what feature variations does for GSUB / GPOS.

@simoncozens I think the hidden surface removal can be baked into the animation axis using intermediate regions, but it is a little awkward. Tying compositing modes to variable axes would simplify a lot!

#variablefonts and #colrv1 are a great combination

@Litherum @PixelAmbacht Thanks!

@pgconstable @PixelAmbacht github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…

@PixelAmbacht @Litherum It would probably help (at least some) if CSS Fonts Module provided an example of @ font-face with a variable font and a weight range declaration.

@PixelAmbacht Moreover, I found exactly the same question/answer from two years earlier. The wrong guidance is spreading word of mouth.