> If you have a very well defined use case, you might be able to get away
with accessing glyphs by their index in the font directly. For this, you
could inspect what ttcDescription returns and see if its glyphs field
contains the ligatures you're looking for.

Thanks Tom. I don't know much at all about Fonts in any deep way, so this
is a good start. I'll let you know if I have any success

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 2:22 PM Beckmann, Tom <
Tom.Beckmann at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:

> Hey Eric,
>
> I just tried with a Devanagari font, and this was able to return a form
> for me:
>
> ((TextStyle named: #NotoSansDevanagari) fontOfSize: 24) ttcDescription
> renderGlyph: 2327 height: 30 fgColor: Color white bgColor: Color black
> depth: 32
>
> where 2327 is the unicode codepoint. Of course, as Tobi said, we do not
> support shaping (so no ligatures). If you have a very well defined use
> case, you might be able to get away with accessing glyphs by their index in
> the font directly. For this, you could inspect what ttcDescription returns
> and see if its glyphs field contains the ligatures you're looking for.
>
> Best,
> Tom
> ________________________________________
> From: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> on
> behalf of Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 1:58:12 PM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] TrueTypeFont and Unicode Characters
>
> Hi
>
> > On 30.04.2020, at 13:49, Eric Gade <eric.gade at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Marcel.
> >
> > I have used the specified Font Importer tool now, but am still having
> the same issue.
>
> I'm not sure we are actually loading all glyphs.
> Also note, that nothing in the font (like substitiution tables) are
> actually supported :/
> sorry.
>
> Best regards
>         -Tobias
>
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 3:43 AM Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
> wrote:
> > Hi Eric!
> >
> > > I have "imported" this font using the FileList tool and it does appear
> as a TextStyle
> >
> > Please use the Font Importer to import such fonts. You can find it in
> the Tools menu.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Marcel
> >> Am 30.04.2020 04:22:12 schrieb Eric Gade <eric.gade at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am trying to load a particular TrueTypeFont that represents the
> Cuneiform signs in the Cuneiform Unicode block.
> >> You can find some information on this page.
> >>
> >> Specifically, I'm attempting to work with the Neo-Assyrian font on that
> page ('Assurbanipal.ttf' in the zip file). I have also tried the Old
> Babylonian fonts with similar results.
> >>
> >> I have "imported" this font using the FileList tool and it does appear
> as a TextStyle. However, if I attempt to run:
> >>
> >> ```
> >> m := TextMorph new
> >> beAllFont: ((TextStyle named: 'Assurbanipal') fontOfSize: 36);
> >> backgroundColor: Color white.
> >>
> >> signString := (Unicode value: 16r12038) asString.
> >> m contents: signString.
> >>
> >> m openInHand.
> >> ```
> >>
> >> I get a TextMorph that appears blank. Either I am doing something
> incorrectly or the system cannot render the glyph at that code point (which
> should be the sign "AŠ"). Any ideas?
> >> --
> >> Eric
>
>
>
>
>
>

-- 
Eric
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