Volt lang id

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Posted by: ianp
         
I made a font with one lookup, one feature, default language only, and latn script.  It compiled ok and worked in the proofing tool.  When I opened the font in OTLpad I was presented with three language options, dflt, dflt and zz01.  Is this just a previous bug with OTLpad, or is it showing up something odd from VOLT?

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Posted by: Andrei
         

This "auxiliary" lang id is for VOLT proofing tool. It contains "debug" features to access each lookup directly (which is needed to correctly show the processing). It is removed when you ship the font. So, "ship" the font you made, load it into OTLPad, and you won't see the extra language id.

As for 'dflt' being repeated twice, this is an OTLPad quirk. It uses the tag 'dflt' to give you access to the default language system in case it was named something else.

Generally, OpenType format allows you to use any language system as a default one. VOLT requires that you allocate a special "Default" language system for that purpose.

So in this case OTLPad is listing the same language system under its original tag and also as the default lang system under tag ; both tags happen to be the same...

Thanks -- Andrei

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