OpenType programming

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Published on 2010-03-29T11:30:05Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 11:33 UTC
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Hi all
Recently i asked two questions (1 and 2) about using OpenType features in programs written by python and .net languages, but didn't get an answer. i realized there is no way to change text rendering engines of operating systems, or force them to use OpenType. so now want to implement my own. such a program that:

provides a text engine that
- receives glyph shapes from otf and ttf files and renders them in sequence of glyphs in text.
- generates all of OTL features
can be used in other parts of applications like controls and components of .NET or python GUI libraries.

if python and .net languages are not suitable in this situation, aware me about other programming languages or tools.
comments and answers about text rendering system of common Operating Systems, or designing text engines compatible with unicode 5.02 protocol are welcomed.

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