[sword-devel] Portable Bible prototype

DM Smith dmsmith555 at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 7 18:04:28 MST 2008


Peter von Kaehne wrote:
> Chris Little wrote:
>   
>> Sounds great. I'm willing to bet that none of the frontends can render 
>> the Myanmar script correctly, but the existence of such content would 
>> help to underscore the importance of improving Unicode & complex script 
>> support across the board (via integration of ICU, Graphite, etc.).
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>>     
>
> I have just now installed BurJudson and the SIL Padauk Myanmar font.
>
> There are significant graphical differences between Gnomesword and
> Bibledesktop, when comparing Gen 1:1-2. The differences appear to be
> mostly with some composite characters.
>
> As I have no clue how it _should_ look like, I am at a loss to say which
> one is more correct, if any.
Peter,
    If you send me images of both, I'll find out if either is correct. 
Two of the SIL translators on the Myanmar bible are on furlough here and 
go to our church.
DM




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