Re: Glyph fallback

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Qt5 seems supporting this feature. see
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-32470

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Ender Erel <ender.erel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I am using Qt on Embedded Linux and trying to setup fallback fonts for some
> glyphs. I was told that Qt does not support this on its own but it supports
> fontconfig, which in turn supports glyph fallback.
>
>
>
> First, let me explain my situation:
>
> I have three TTF fonts (without any overlap in glyph coverage):
>
> -FontA: includes Latin, Cyrillic and Greek characters
>
> -FontB: includes Korean characters
>
> -FontC: includes Chinese & Japanese characters
>
>
>
> I want to setup my system such that FontA is used for all text but missing
> characters in FontA are taken from FontB, and if FontB does not contain
> them, taken from FontC. Is it possible to setup fontconfig that way? If so,
> are there any tutorials or examples on how to do that? I can’t seem to find
> one.
>
>
>
> P.S.: In my current deployment, fontconfig is not deployed and I want to
> make sure what I need is possible before making a deployment with
> fontconfig.
>
> P.P.S.: Is glyph fallback the right term? I think “Font fallback” refers to
> using FontB in case FontA is not installed on the system, whereas in my case
> all fonts are installed therefore fallback is used only for missing glyphs.
> Am i correct?
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ender Erel
>
>
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