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Rendering Technologies

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Uniscribe versions Lorna A. Priest, Joan Wardell, 2010-11-01; 21315 reads

This chart lists various versions of Uniscribe (usp10.dll), what software they were distributed with and some of the complex scripts they support.

Replacing your Uniscribe dll Joan Wardell, Lorna A. Priest, 2007-05-23; 28244 reads

Updating your version of Uniscribe is not recommended by Microsoft. However, if you need to update your version of Uniscribe (to provide updated script support) these instructions may prove helpful to you.

Microsoft VOLT UI Overview Paul Nelson, 2001-09-02; 14416 reads

This document is to provide an overview and understanding of the VOLT menus and UI.

Microsoft VOLT Tutorial (VOLT – Visual OpenType Layout Tool) Paul Nelson, 2001-09-02; 21242 reads

VOLT is Microsoft’s tool for adding OpenType tables to fonts. It provides a graphical UI that enables a person to visualize what is going to happen with the substitutions and positioning lookups when they are created. VOLT also includes a proofing tool that permits the functionality of the font to be tested without having to install the font in the system.

Graphite: Frequently Asked Questions Sharon Correll, 2003-04-30; 39983 reads

What is Graphite? How does Graphite differ from OpenType? How can I make a Graphite font? And more...

Download Graphite Compiler Sharon Correll, 2007-11-14; 25779 reads

WorldPad 2.14 Release Notes Sharon Correll, 2011-04-06; 972 reads

Graphite Sharon Correll; 5386 reads

Graphite is a project under development within SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative and Language Software Development groups to provide rendering capabilities for complex non-Roman writing systems on the Windows platform.

Download Graphite Fonts Sharon Correll; 122416 reads

Download fonts that can be used to try out the Graphite rendering engine.

Download WorldPad Sharon Correll, 2003-02-07; 152701 reads

WorldPad is a basic text editor whose main distinction is the ability to display text in complex scripts using Graphite, a programmable rendering engine particularly suited to complex minority scripts.

Graphite in OpenOffice.org Tim Eves, 2010-04-08; 43000 reads

OpenOffice 3.2 uses SIL Graphite software! This project integrates the Graphite smart font rendering engine for complex non-roman scripts and writing systems into OpenOffice.org, the well-known cross-platform FLOSS office suite.

Building OpenOffice 2.0.0 from source with Graphite support Tim Eves, 2005-11-02; 14112 reads

How to apply the Graphite support patches to OpenOffice.org

Character set encoding basics Peter Constable, 2001-06-13; 110425 reads

In understanding technologies for working with multilingual and multi-script text data, we need to start with an understanding of character encoding. Systems for working with text involve a collection of processes that work together—processes for creating and editing text, presenting it, for sorting, for laying out paragraphs and wrapping at line breaks, etc. Character encoding is the thing that ties all of these processes together.

Computer systems employ a wide variety of character encodings. The most important of these for us is Unicode. It is also important for us to understand other encodings, however, and how they relate to Unicode. In this section, I want to look at some basic concepts that relate to all encodings, and also give an overview of legacy encodings and their importance for us.

XSEM: XML Scripture Encoding Model Dennis Drescher, 2001-09-06; 26357 reads

The XML Scripture Encoding Model (XSEM), an SIL project, is a markup language that conforms to the Extensible Markup Language (XML) version 1.0 standard. On this page you will find information about the model and the project.

Character Encoding Choices in Paratext 6 Peter Constable, 2003-04-29; 15623 reads

This article discusses options available to users for how their data can be encoded in Paratext 6, and looks at pros and cons of those options.

Windows and Codepages Martin Hosken, 1997-12-29; 37072 reads

This document examines how Windows 95 handles multi-lingual computing. It looks at Languages, Codepages, Locales, Unicode and Fonts with particular reference to their support in Windows 95.

An alternative title for this document might be: “How to add a new script to Windows 95 and fail”.

Adding Graphite and AAT to a Font

PDF Creation — Making PDFs and Booklets for Free.

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