Talk:Uniscribe

Licensing
Anyone know if the section about the licensing agreement is true? Kurt Weber 12:57, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

From a 2004 VOLT distribution (from usp.cab's readme.txt):

This build of usp10.dll is a private build for VOLT users. It's use is covered by the terms of the VOLT user license, and as such may not be redistributed.

asmodai 14:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

USP10.DLL version in Windows ME w/IE 6.00.2800 + patches
First, I have Windows ME w/IE 6.00.2800 + IE patches

and the file properties for USP10.DLL on my system:

Size: 316KB (323,584 bytes) File date: 08 Jun 2000, 17:00:00 File Version: 1.325.2180.1 Copyright string: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

and the above file size matches the CAB list for the install of ME.

Hope this is enough info to fill in the missing gap in the versions list.

Matt, UK

Uniscribe version in SIL FieldWorks
I just extracted the usp10.dll from the SIL FieldWorks installation file and it says it's Uniscribe version 1.471.4063.0 rather than 1.626.6001.18000 --Sven Siegmund (talk) 13:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

My log of Uniscribe versions on my old, now discarded PC record that I got version 1.626.600.1800 from the SIL Fieldworks 6.0 installation. The date stamp on the file is 10 March 2009 (so I think the above post is about the wrong version of fieldworks) but the data stamp within the URL is 19 Jan 2008, as in the article.--RichardW57 (talk) 11:39, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

USP10.DLL included in the Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows 95, 98, and Me package
See MS KB article 827763 (Workaround section). File version unknown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.181.11 (talk) 10:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

USP10.DLL and Unicode NFC "Normalization Form Canonical Composition"
Does anybody know whether USP10.DLL contains a table-driven normalization algorithm, for example NFC ? For example, composing Vietnamese characters and the following tone mark BEFORE giving them to the font? This information is missing in the article. [ User Tedu, de-wiki ] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.138.39.60 (talk) 15:39, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

OpenType support
I am puzzled by the remark in the "New feature of this version" columm for version 1.626.7600.20602 "This version supports OpenType on Windows XP" since earlier versions also supported OpenType and worked on Windows XP. 06:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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USP10.DLL Versions
I've rarely seen anything like this before on Wikipedia. It's really big, so I've left it collapsed.

Removed from main article unless someone can justify why we actually need this.

&mdash; MaxEnt 20:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * My immediate response is to curse you as a vandal. Are you a Microserf agent by any chance?


 * This encyclopaedic table is, or at least has been, extremely useful for anyone who is attempting to manage Uniscribe versions on Windows. Users of non-Roman scripts have faced the problem of their applications not using the latest and best version of Uniscribe - the lazy way round has been to be buy licences for both the latest of Windows and the latest of Microsoft Office, but that was no guarantee for third party applications.  (I currently overwhelmingly use HarBuzz on machines I control, so my personal experience stops at Windows 7.)  Where do you suggest people find the information instead? --RichardW57 (talk) 23:43, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Universal Shaping Engine
Where does this belong? The USE itself is also implemented in DirectWrite (apparently its earlier Windows home), and (modified) clones exist in HarfBuzz and AAT. In a way it belongs in Complex_text_layout, where it can, alas, be a fine example of ignorant Microsoft engineers 'knowing best'. (The generic rules implemented break down in some cases.) It could also belong in OpenType. I think it should be somewhere that allows discussion of its clones. --RichardW57m (talk) 12:36, 23 November 2021 (UTC)