Re: ITP: last-resort-font

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>]

On 2023-09-12 15:21, Brian Inglis wrote:
> I would like to offer the following package on Cygwin:
> 
> * last-resort-font    15.100
> 
> This package is available in the Arch, Fedora, Gentoo, and OpenSUSE
> distributions.
> 
> It is licensed under SIL OFL-1.1.
> 
> It was originally developed by Apple for macOS, modified to work on
> non-Apple systems for Unicode.org, and is updated by Michael Everson of
> Evertype and Unicode.org, and released by Unicode.org in conjunction
> with the standard, which has just been updated to 15.1.
> 
> See:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallback_font#Unicode_Last_Resort_font
> 
> Playground build:
> 
> https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?id=6994&srcpkg=playground&status=build+succeeded&user=Brian+Inglis
> 
> cygport:
> 
> https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/playground/commit/?id=80da73a6dc50d3997c819ac16132292245bd584a
> 
> noarch log:
> 
> https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/6164152064/job/16729363342
> 
> The font files are not part of the release tar, but the LICENSE,
> README.md and linked images/ are!
> 
> Proposed Announcement:
> 
> Unicode Last Resort fallback font
> 
> Unicode.org Last Resort font is a Unicode font designed as a
> fallback with representative glyphs and labels to show a missing
> glyph belongs to a specific:
> 
> * Unicode Block with common characteristics
> * Private Use Area, for which no (official) agreement exists
> * Unassigned Block or code point, reserved for future assignment
> * Noncharacter code point.
> 
> NOTE
> 
> A High Efficiency alternative with cmap table Format 13 Many-to-One
> Range Mappings subtable is included, which may not be supported by some
> Adobe and Windows apps, but is only 517KB, 6% of the size of the 8MB cmap
> table Format 12 Segmented Coverage subtable alternative.
> 
> Both alternatives cmap tables include Windows required Format 4 Segment
> Mapping to Delta Values subtable, but that of the High Efficiency
> alternative is an empty stub subtable.
> 
> For more information see the project home page:
> 
>      https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font
> 
> For recent changes, see Release Notes below or under:
> 
>      https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font/releases/tag/15.100
> 
> 
> 15.100    2023-09-11
> 
> This version of the Last Resort fonts corresponds to Unicode Version 15.1.0.
> The following changes were made in this release:
> 
> 627 glyph mappings that correspond to the 627 new characters added in Unicode 
> Version 15.1 were changed.
> 
> One new glyph that corresponds to the following new block was added:
> 
> Range        Block Name
> 2EBF0..2EE5F    CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I
> 

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry