Fonts with Complex OpenType Tables
The paper presents development of complex OpenType fonts. The sample fonts cover Czech and Georgian handwriting with numerous letter connections. At the beginning, general principles of "advanced typography" are shown - complex metric data represented by OpenType tables (GSUB and GPOS) - and compared them with the ligature and kerning tables in METAFONT. Then the history of the OpenType font production is described - approaches, tools and techniques. Crucial problems, critical barriers,...