font support

[kontovasBodleian]

So, shameless self-promotion, but I was instrumental in getting the Old Uyghur unicode block approved a while back, and I have created a unicode-compatible font to go with it that works well on the web. I would really like to use it to enter some incipit/colophon info for MS Huntington 598 (I know that the BL also has some Uyghur script mss) but I realised there is no way in Fihrist to specify font use.

Obviously, this could be a lot of work for very little gain, but how complicated would it be to implement some method of conditional font selection, either for unicode blocks like this one not supported by the default fonts in most browsers, or to prettify scripts which the default fonts don't display very nicely?

[JakeBenson]

Rekha Pandey also proposed a Unicode scheme for Indic siyaq numerals, since approved, that some of us could use. https://unicode.org/L2/L2015/15121r2-indic-siyaq.pdf From: Nicholas Kontovas (professional account) ***@***.***> Date: Thursday, 27 July 2023 at 09:25 To: fihristorg/fihrist-mss ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [fihristorg/fihrist-mss] font support (Issue #147) So, shameless self-promotion, but I was instrumental in getting the Old Uyghur unicode block approved a while back, and I have created a unicode-compatible font to go with it that works well on the web. I would really like to use it to enter some incipit/colophon info for MS Huntington 598 [fihrist.org.uk]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_4506__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!ANit2SBwugwAwcCSqpmWSz0rXhmhfC_S4Q--GJ-qCLExFgagWevPdixfiu1S5RXt-QUKQR09gaLJ65u1WVSREO-CEu2m1JsAFw$> (I know that the BL also has some Uyghur script mss) but I realised there is no way in Fihrist to specify font use. Obviously, this could be a lot of work for very little gain, but how complicated would it be to implement some method of conditional font selection, either for unicode blocks like this one not supported by the default fonts in most browsers, or to prettify scripts which the default fonts don't display very nicely? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub [github.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/fihristorg/fihrist-mss/issues/147__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!ANit2SBwugwAwcCSqpmWSz0rXhmhfC_S4Q--GJ-qCLExFgagWevPdixfiu1S5RXt-QUKQR09gaLJ65u1WVSREO-CEu3g2zdbUw$>, or unsubscribe [github.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOOYKC73UNYS6XTREUFF4PDXSJT2VANCNFSM6AAAAAA22CUGH4__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!ANit2SBwugwAwcCSqpmWSz0rXhmhfC_S4Q--GJ-qCLExFgagWevPdixfiu1S5RXt-QUKQR09gaLJ65u1WVSREO-CEu2prOIjiw$>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[kontovasBodleian]

Oh, cool! (Anshu Pandey is the same guy I consulted on the Old Uyghur Unicode proposal for.)

I see the Indic siyaq also shows up as "tofu" with the default font, so this is another good example of a situation where it would be useful to specify alternative fonts.

[andrew-morrison]

I believe it would be possible to include extra fonts to fill-in gaps of Unicode ranges not covered by the main font. There just isn't the developer time to work on it right now.

[kontovasBodleian]

No worries! I totally understand. Thanks for responding. Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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