For some time i've been thinking about what a user interface to opentype features could look like. Probably the CREATE list would be a good place for a discussion (i'd hoped to do something at LGM - maybe next year!) since of course the needs of each program's userbase have to be met, not just one. Today i came across this Web app, which gives a possible idea for showing alternate glyphs, something GIMP users can't access at all right now. https://alif-type.github.io/rana-kufi/app/ Click on the large Arabic text to see: a list of alternate shapes appears beneath the selection. Sometimes there are many of them. Of course, one might also want to say, in this font, always choose the second alternate "w" glyph unless i say otherwise, so maybe a Font Settings or maybe right-clicking on the alternates presented to select "prefer this glyph design for this font" (always, or just in this doc??). Of course, writing code is another matter :( but if it builds on harfbuzz and is a library then maybe all of gnomehood (or whatever) benefits. Inkscape already has some opentype feature support, but i don't think there's a UI for choosing alternate glyphs, and i find it a little hard to use, but maybe that's just me. It's a start, at least. What do you think? -- Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
