[MPEG-OTSPEC] DSIG spec issue

Bobby de Vos bobby_devos at sil.org
Wed Aug 26 15:01:21 CEST 2020


In addition to triggering the OpenType icon, a DSIG was (is?) needed in
older versions of Microsoft Word to process some OpenType features in
Latin script fonts.

https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery/issues/1845#issuecomment-564383952

As recently as Office 2013 this was the case, and Office 2013 has not
reached end of life yet.

On 2020-08-25 8:01 p.m., Peter Constable wrote:
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> I think at one time, yes, but I don’t think that’s been relevant since
> Windows 7.
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> Peter
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> *From:* mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec-bounces at lists.aau.at> *On Behalf Of
> *Dave Crossland
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 25, 2020 6:09 PM
> *To:* mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at>
> *Subject:* Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] DSIG spec issue
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> Wasn't there something about needing a DSIG table to trigger the
> OpenType icon in Windows Explorer?
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Bobby de Vos
/bobby_devos at sil.org/
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