Erik van Blokland
Erik van Blokland
These are my notes for the work that needs to be done to support [DS5](https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/designspaceLib/index.html#version-5-0). Please discuss. ## Read and write designspace 5 * Work with the fonttools designspace descriptors,...
The designspace file supports [localisation of some of the names](https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/tree/master/Doc/source/designspaceLib#localisation). These should find their way to the right nametables in the generated instances. This requires a conversion between [xml:lang codes](https://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/)...
For those who would like to use the GNUFL list this whole package is a substantial download. It would be useful to publish the list all by itself, perhaps with...
* Is it 14.0.0?
It might be useful to have a way to access the history of the names associated with a unicode value. This could be used to update names for instance.
There is useful information about pairs of mirrored characters. ( ) [ ] etc. It would be great to be able to find a mirrored companion for a character, if...
These glyphs have no unicode value so they're not generated, but they are needed for proper shaping and input. We have these: `deva:ra 0930 Lo` `deva:virama 094D Mn` # R...