RE: [XP] Comments on _Réflexions_ so far

[Robert Keeble <RKeeble@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier RANDIER [mailto:orandier@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 8:07 PM
> To: typographie@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: [XP] Comments on _Réflexions_ so far

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> The more I think about that, the more I feel the need for an interface
> between Unicode and fonts. What we need is a clear and 
> efficient way to
> link fonts between them and to parts of Unicode, or even to a single
> character. We have fonts with Expert sets and so on, but not 
> the tools to
> use them. I mean that if I have an ffi ligature in a font, I 

I agree, and I think the idea of a virtual font will be much more important
with true multilingual documents based on Unicode.