Nicholas Bodley scripsit:

> As I understand it, the font does not contain instructions for such
> matters as reordering, reshaping, and joining; those are the
> responsibility of the software that renders the text. I do recall that
> Unicode is clear about this matter.

Unicode is perfectly compatible with either a Uniscribe-style solution
(dumb fonts with tables) or an Apple-style one (smart fonts).

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