From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Entering emojis Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:38:46 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87cznths5j.fsf@gnus.org> <83zgqxymd3.fsf@gnu.org> <878rygj4gt.fsf@gnus.org> <83wnm0zz0q.fsf@gnu.org> <874k94j3rn.fsf@gnus.org> <83v91kzydh.fsf@gnu.org> <87tuh4holf.fsf@gnus.org> <822aec9d01909cecfc6c@heytings.org> <87a6iwhltf.fsf@gnus.org> <83tuh4zfg5.fsf@gnu.org> <87y26gfobr.fsf@gnus.org> <87tuh4f1ie.fsf@gnus.org> <0353A9DA-0041-4D71-8E1B-09FB07A5FD0F@acm.org> <87ilxialzw.fsf@igel.home> <831r46wj6r.fsf@gnu.org> <83fssmuxui.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3696"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: mattiase@acm.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, raman@google.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 27 21:20:58 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mfoTq-0000kE-5h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:20:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42722 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mfoTo-0002jL-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:20:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58338) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mfnp9-0002b1-IH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:38:55 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:41952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mfnp5-0007lU-Me; Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:38:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1635359926; bh=f116C++nNZiXswXJT0NMr6qn4Fuh9Aq4AQznGJa0/X0=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=tEfMAJMAZOHrbStA1HtTiXcyKNkoLRaxPLzhTR2+SttgpeK05DNbfoWEBCdbcvbgT TkaZ5pzLJhr8gwa2EmQwxTG1kSPYqliU4eHi5sHSNXo/l4ymIkr7ClazSyYnAnbxQ1 tg8zmKYOmczWhu0bB1WZjn4olLFbTVCaMl2S/16QL8lzP/eMJD/9OAtohNE0cJapHj /YU5eXFrt5m8ntSOxQ9CTHSh8KajdftG8+8b3rTzlRdu/dDetBoGI+Kjk1/D9e27C4 NVCSiQkwbgpku+BnmFWSif8kB0SSoH4iCGv7IBwKKXLjLmB3hPpb9mrlqftCbKlvmB EUqvVcm0q5JbQ== In-Reply-To: <83fssmuxui.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:278038 Archived-At: >> Debian also has a fonts-ancient-scripts package, which contains the >> Aegyptus font, which also has a glyph for each egyptian hieroglyph. A >> more recent version of that font (but apparently with a more >> restrictive licence) can be seen here: >> https://dn-works.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/UFAS-Docs/Aegyptus.pdf and >> downloaded here: >> https://dn-works.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/UFAS-Fonts/Aegyptus.zip . > > I know about these fonts. I tried to explain in a followup message that > there's more about this script than just a glyph for each codepoint: the > layout of the glyphs in readable text is unusual, and requires > horizontal and vertical offsets under control of special formatting > characters specific to this script. AFAIK, no existing font that is > distributed, let alone distributed freely, supports that yet. > Unless I misunderstand what you mean, page 4 and 5 of the above PDF describes such special formattings in which multiple glyphs are combined, and they are supported by the Aegyptus font.