OT Font Question

[Mark Swindell]

Thanks, François.  I'll check it out.
Mark

On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:07 PM, François Chaplais wrote:

>
> Le 29 sept. 08 à 20:34, Mark Swindell a écrit :
>
>> Does anyone here know if there exists a font that combines the  
>> letters that make phonemes, be they digraphs, dipthongs, or just  
>> multiple letters (oo, ee, ea)?
>>
>> For example, the word "cough" would have three phonemic chunks: c -  
>> ou - gh.
>>
>> But the phonetic representations of the short o phoneme (ou) and  
>> the /f/ (gh) would be squished up against each other so they would  
>> be recognized as a chunk, not as separate letters?  Does this make  
>> sense?
>>
>>
>
> I suggest you post your question at
> xetex at tug.org
> XeTeX is a typesetting system based on TeX, with a emphasis on the  
> use of "exotic" writing systems. You question is not a TeX question,  
> but you might find in this mailing list somebody who knows of an  
> OpenType font with phonetic glyphs.
> If you are interested, an introduction on XeTeX can be found at
> http://cern.ch/XML/lgc2/xetexmain.pdf
> do not feel obliged to read all of it, this is just to give you some  
> perspective on what XeTeX is about and why grouping characters into  
> glyphs (in arabic languages, for instance) is part of the  
> preoccupations of the people behind XeTeX.
>
> Best regards,
> 	François
>
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