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diff --git a/graphics/graphite2/README b/graphics/graphite2/README index c4486282b4..8084db6fb0 100644 --- a/graphics/graphite2/README +++ b/graphics/graphite2/README @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Graphite2 is a rendering engine for graphite fonts. These are TrueType -fonts with additional tables containing smart rendering information and -were originally developed to support complex non-Roman writing systems. -They may contain rules for e.g. ligatures, glyph substitution, kerning, -justification - this can make them useful even on text written in Roman -writing systems such as English. Note that firefox provides an internal -copy of the graphite engine and cannot use a system version, but it too -should benefit from the availability of graphite fonts. +Graphite is a system that can be used to create "smart fonts" capable +of displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors. A smart +font contains not only letter shapes but also additional instructions +indicating how to combine and position the letters in complex ways. + +Graphite was primarily developed to provide the flexibility needed for +minority languages which often need to be written according to slightly +different rules than well-known languages that use the same script. |