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From: Jack Johnson <knapjack@gma...>
Subject: combining characters
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 21:04:23 -0700

On 5/21/06, Joel Salomon <joelcsalomon@gma...> wrote:
> I don't know that there's a way to manage this complexity without
> giving "fonts" their own context-aware programming language, like
> TrueType.

What are the chances something like Display PostScript could've been
massaged to handle this?  Or is it really something to look at on a
font-by-font basis?

-Jack