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Re: Asana-Math: close but no cigar
- From: "Dave Crossland" <dave lab6 com>
- To: gaburici cs umd edu
- Cc: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list redhat com>, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet gmail com>, fedora-fonts-list <fedora-fonts-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Asana-Math: close but no cigar
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:29:43 +0200
2008/8/13 Vasile Gaburici <vgaburici gmail com>:
>
> The math script, aka MATH table, is a
> MS extension to OpenType. MS has not yet officially submitted any
> documentation for these math layout extensions -- and they are quite
> extensive -- not even in the draft 1.5/1.6 OpenType spec. Despite
> this, it is the de-facto OpenType math standard, and support for it
> has appeared in FOSS projects.
>
> These extensions are implemented only in the Cambria Math font (MS),
> and now in Asana Math (FOSS).
AIUI, the MATH table in Cambria is developed specifically for Cambria
and will not be a 100% fit for other fonts; this is hy MS hasnt done
anything about documenting it properly.
Dave
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