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Monotype Imaging’s WorldType® Layout Engine is a modular software library for composing, positioning and rendering text in multiple languages. The technology formats text on memory-restrained devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, control panels and HD TVs – regardless of language. New enhancements offer improved performance, additional flexibility and greater language support.
Consider WorldType Layout Engine When:
• Products must follow local writing conventions for text display
• Text must work within graphically oriented environments such as Web browsers and other rich media applications
• Functionality and performance must meet users’ expectations, even where memory size is small and processing power limited
• Products must be able to support additional languages that may be added later
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WorldType Layout Engine Offers:
• Small code size
• Selectable build options
• A modular architecture
• An ANSI-standard C implementation
• A robust demo kit
• Monotype Imaging’s worldwide customer support organization
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Different languages apply varying rules about how to format text depending on where characters appear in relation to other characters and to embedded graphics. The WorldType Layout Engine enables your products to follow these rules so you don’t need to acquire language-specific layout skills yourself. In addition, the technology lets you easily port layout functionality across languages and technology platforms.
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ARABIC FONT:
MONOTYPE AKHBAR™ |
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HINDI FONT:
LUCIDA® DEVANAGARI |
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THAI FONT:
MONOTYPE SANS™ |
Unlike Latin-based languages where character forms stay constant, characters from complex scripts may take on different shapes depending on adjacent characters. The resulting word may have an appearance that looks nothing like the characters used to
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For a firsthand look at the capabilities of the WorldType Layout engine, try Monotype Imaging's Font Technology Demo. See how the WorldType Layout Engine interacts with the iType font renderer and a catalog of multilingual fonts to display high-quality text.
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