[OpenType] [Bug] 5.2.1.3 cmap subtable formats

[Levantovsky, Vladimir]

Dear Manlio,

Thank you very much for taking the time to review the text of specification and to report bugs and other issues in the Open Font Format / OpenType standard.
In order to have these (and any other issues) addressed properly I would like to ask you to send your messages to both this email list and also to the email list of the ISO ad hoc group on font format (mpeg-OTspec at yahoogroups.com), where the reported issues can be discussed and resolved according to ISO rules. You are also welcome to join the ISO AHG if you wish, to subscribe please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mpeg-OTspec/join.
Based on the bugs and typos you and other people reported we will likely to issue a corrigendum or amendment at the next ISO WG11 meeting. Any additional comments or suggestions on how we can improve the text of the OFF/OT specification is very much appreciated.

Thank you very much,
Vladimir


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> Manlio Perillo
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> Subject: [OpenType] [Bug] 5.2.1.3 cmap subtable formats
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> Hi.
> 
> I think there is a problem with this chapter in the Open Font Format.
> 
> The text is:
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> 5.2.1.3 cmap subtable formats
> - -----------------------------
> 
> This field must be set to zero for all cmap subtables whose platform
> IDs
> are other than Macintosh (platform ID 1). For
> cmap subtables whose platform IDs are Macintosh, set this field to the
> Macintosh language ID of the cmap subtable plus
> one, or to zero if the cmap subtable is not language-specific. For
> example, a Mac OS Turkish cmap subtable must set this
> field to 18, since the Macintosh language ID for Turkish is 17. A Mac
> OS
> Roman cmap subtable must set this field to 0,
> since Mac OS Roman is not a language-specific encoding.
> 
> 
> The text is missing the information that "this field" is the `language`
> field.
> 
> 
> Moreover, later in the document the `language` field is commented with:
> 
> Please see "Note on the language field in 'cmap' subtables" in this
> document.
> 
> 
> However there is no "Note on the language field in the `cmap`
> subtables"
> section in the document.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards  Manlio Perillo
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